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MINNITH

(Heb. minnîṯ)

One of the 20 Ammonite cities captured by Jephthah (Judg. 11:33). A number of translators render Minnith in Ezek. 27:17 as the source of the wheat (ḥiṭê minnîṯ) Judah traded with Tyre, although others amend the text to read “wheat and olives” (ḥiṭṭîm zayiṯ) instead of the place name (e.g., KJV, RV, RSV).

Eusebius (Onom. 140.3) identifies Minnith with a village located ca. 4 Roman mi. NE of Esbus (modern µesbân) on the road to Philadelphia (Amman). Eusebius’ description, combined with the reference in Judg. 11:33 which describes Minnith as an opposing boundary with the southern city of Aroer, has led most scholars to place Minnith somewhere between µesbân and Amman.

Currently, the most promising candidate is Umm el-Basatin (Umm el-Hanafish; 232137), a modern village situated on top of still-visible ancient ruins. Although no extensive excavation has been conducted there, surveys of the site have recovered sherds from the Ayyubid/Mamluk, Ottoman, Byzantine, Late Roman, Early Roman, Iron II/Persian, and Iron I periods.

Randall W. Younker

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MINNITH

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)