Mephaath

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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

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ISBE

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(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.

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