מִכְמָסMikmâç
proper name [of a location]: city in Benjamin, north from Geba and Jerusalem (Ezra 2:27; Nehemiah 7:31; 1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 13:11)
Pronunciation: mik-maws' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4363
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 13:2 Saul selected 3,000 special troops from the army of Israel and sent the rest of the men home. He took 2,000 of the chosen men with him to Micmash and the hill country of Bethel. The other 1,000 went with Saul’s son Jonathan to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 13:5 The Philistines mustered a mighty army of 3,000 chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and as many warriors as the grains of sand on the seashore! They camped at Micmash east of Beth-aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:11 but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?” Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn’t arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.
- 1 Samuel 13:16 Saul and Jonathan and the troops with them were staying at Geba in the land of Benjamin. The Philistines set up their camp at Micmash.
- 1 Samuel 13:23 The pass at Micmash had meanwhile been secured by a contingent of the Philistine army.
- 1 Samuel 14:5 The cliff on the north was in front of Micmash, and the one on the south was in front of Geba.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).