Place · City
Moladah
Named in 4 verses across 3 books, first in Joshua 15:26.
In the Bible
All 4 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Joshua
- Joshua 15:26
Amam, Shema, Moladah,
- Joshua 19:2
and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 4:28
They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 11:26
in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;
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
Birth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Josh. 15:21-26; 19:2). It has been identified with the modern el-Milh, 10 miles east of Beersheba.