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Biblical place

Where was Michmash?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Mukhmas.

First appears in 1 Samuel 13:2 · 4 books · 6 chapters

Overview

Something hidden, a town of Benjamin (Ezra 2:27), east of Bethel and south of Migron, on the road to Jerusalem (Isa. 10:28). Modern identification: Mukhmas.

Michmash is represented in the local geography layer as Mukhmas. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Samuel 13:2 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 11 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 11 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 11 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 16 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 20 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 29 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Michmash today

Travel to Michmash, the modern-day Mukhmas.

Michmash is commonly identified with Mukhmas, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Michmash is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Mukhmas

31.873°N · 35.277°E

Key passages

Appears in

1 Samuel

2 chapters · 7 verse mentions

Nehemiah

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Ezra

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention