Encyclopedia entry
Mephaath
Splendour, a Levitical city (Josh. 21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(splendor height), city of the Reubenites, one of the towns independently an Heshhon, (Joshua 13:18) lying in the district of the Mishor comp. ver. (Joshua 13:17) and Jere 48:21 Authorized Version “plain,” which probably answered to the modern Belka . It was one of the cities allotted with their suburbs to the Merarite Levites. (Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79) Its site is uncertain.
In the Bible
4
Verses where Mephaath is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 6:79
Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.
- Jeremiah 48:21
Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
- Joshua 13:18
Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
- Joshua 21:37
Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
Scripture on Mephaath
4
Mephaath references
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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