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Mephaath

5 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

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Joshua 21:37Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Reuben
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
Joshua 13:18Smith · ISBE · Nave A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Reuben
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
1 Chronicles 6:79Smith · ISBE · Nave A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Reuben
Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
Jeremiah 48:21Smith · ISBE · Nave A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Reuben
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
Joshua 13:17Smith
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references

Splendour, a Levitical city (Josh. 21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references

(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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references

mef'-a-ath, me-fa'-ath (mepha`ath and meypha`ath, mopha`ath; Codex Vaticanus, Maiphaath, Mephaath): A city of the Amorites in the territory allotted to Reuben, named with Kedemoth and Kiriathaim (Jos 13:18), and given to the Merarite Levites (Jos 21:37; 1Ch 6:79). It appears again as a Moabite town in Jer 48:21. It was known to Eusebius and Jerome (Onom) as occupied by a Roman garrison, but the site has been lost.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 4 references, grouped by sub-topic

→ A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Reuben Jos 13:18; 21:37; 1Ch 6:79; Jer 48:21

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

Mephaath

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