Place · City
Mephaath
Named in 4 verses across 3 books, first in Joshua 13:18.
In the Bible
All 4 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Joshua
- Joshua 13:18
Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
- Joshua 21:37
Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 6:79
Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:21
Judgment has come upon the high plain— upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Splendour, a Levitical city (Josh. 21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).