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MANAHATH

(Heb. mānaḥaṯ)

(PLACE)

A town to which the inhabitants of Geba, of the Benjaminite clan of Ehud, were exiled (1 Chr. 8:6). Apparently, the Benjaminites were sent there by one of their clan leaders, Gera (1 Chr. 8:7; reading hglm as the verb instead of the proper noun Heglam). Manahath has been identified with el-Malḥah/Manaḥat (1289.1679), a village 5 km. (3 mi.) SW of Jerusalem. The proximity of Manahath to Geba and the agency of Gera have led several scholars to suggest that the verb glh be translated instead “to move, emigrate.” In any case, the circumstances of this move or exile are unknown. The identification of Manahath with Manḫatu in the Amarna Letters, located in the environs of Gezer, is unlikely.

Ronald A. Simkins






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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