Encyclopedia entry
Migron
Precipice or landslip, a place between Aiath and Michmash (Isa. 10:28). The town of the same name mentioned in 1 Sam. 14:2 was to the south of this.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(precipice), a town or a spot in the neighborhood of Gibeah. (1 Samuel 14:23) Migron is also mentioned in Sennacherib’s approach to Jerusalem. (Isaiah 10:28)
In the Bible
2
Verses where Migron is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Samuel 14:2
Meanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
- Isaiah 10:28
Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
Scripture on Migron
2
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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