Bible Encyclopedia: Migron

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MICRON

mig'-ron (mighron; Magon):

(1) A place in the uttermost part of Geba-which read here instead of Gibeah-marked by a pomegranate tree, where Saul and his 600 men encamped over against the Philistines, who were in Michmash (1 Samuel 14:2). Josephus describes the distress of Saul and his company as they sat on a high hill (bounos hupselos) viewing the widespread desolation wrought by the enemy. There is, however, nothing to guide us as to the exact spot. Many suppose that the text is corrupt; but no emendation suggested yields any satisfactory result. The place was certainly South of Michmash.

(2) (Codex Vaticanus Magedo; Codex Alexandrinus Mageddo): The Migron of Isaiah 10:28 is mentioned between Aiath (Ai) and Michmash. If the places are there named in consecutive order, this Migron must be sought to the North of Michmash. It may with some confidence be located at Makrun, a ruined site to the North of the road leading from Michmash to Ai.

There is nothing extraordinary in two places having the same name pretty close to each other. The two Beth-horons, although distinguished as upper and lower, are a case in point. So also are the two Bethsaidas. There is therefore no need to try to identify the two with one another, as some (e.g. Robertson Smith in Journal of Philology, XIII, 62;) have attempted to do with no success.

W. Ewing

Strong's Hebrew

4051. Migron -- an area near Gibeah, also a place North of ...
... Migron. 4052 . an area near Gibeah, also a place North of Michmash. Transliteration:
Migron Phonetic Spelling: (mig-rone') Short Definition: Migron. ...
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Library

The Prophet --His Youth and his Call.
... thorny soil that needed deep ploughing.(101) It was, too, as Isaiah had predicted,
the main path of invasion from the North,(102) by Ai, Migron, Michmash, the ...
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The Doom of the Antichrist
... His course is vividly sketched by Isaiah in the tenth chapter of his prophecy:
"He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Mickmash he hath laid up his ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Migron

fear; farm; throat

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Migron

(precipice), a town or a spot in the neighborhood of Gibeah. (1 Samuel 14:23) Migron is also mentioned in Sennacherib's approach to Jerusalem. (Isaiah 10:28)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Migron

A town in the vicinity of Ai and Gibeah, north of Michmash, now lost, 1 Samuel 14:2; Isaiah 10:28.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Precipice or landslip, a place between Aiath and Michmash (Isaiah 10:28). The town of the same name mentioned in 1 Samuel 14:2 was to the south of this.

Thesaurus

Migron (2 Occurrences)
... (2) (Codex Vaticanus Magedo; Codex Alexandrinus Mageddo): The Migron of Isaiah
10:28 is mentioned between Aiath (Ai) and Michmash. ...Migron (2 Occurrences). ...
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Micron
... (2) (Codex Vaticanus Magedo; Codex Alexandrinus Mageddo): The Migron of
Isaiah 10:28 is mentioned between Aiath (Ai) and Michmash. ...
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Pomegranate (11 Occurrences)
... Whether the pomegranate tree in Migron under which Saul is said (1 Samuel 14:2)
to have abode with his 600 men was really a tree or a place, Rimmon, is doubtful ...
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Michmash (10 Occurrences)
... Something hidden, a town of Benjamin (Ezra 2:27), east of Bethel and south of Migron,
on the road to Jerusalem (Isaiah 10:28). ... He has passed through Migron. ...
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Outskirts (38 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the
pomegranate-tree which is in Migron; and the people that were with him were about ...
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Geba (22 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 14:2 And Saul was still waiting in the farthest part of Geba, under the
fruit-tree in Migron: there were about six hundred men with him; (BBE). ...
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Fruit-tree (4 Occurrences)
... (YLT). 1 Samuel 14:2 And Saul was still waiting in the farthest part of Geba, under
the fruit-tree in Migron: there were about six hundred men with him; (BBE). ...
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Farthest (33 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 14:2 And Saul was still waiting in the farthest part of Geba, under the
fruit-tree in Migron: there were about six hundred men with him; (BBE). ...
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Extreme (11 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 14:2 And Saul abode at the extreme end of Gibeah under the pomegranate-
tree which was in Migron; and the people that were with him were about six ...
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Deposited (10 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Isaiah 10:28 He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he
has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order. (See NAS). ...
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Bible Concordance

Migron (2 Occurrences)

1 Samuel 14:2 Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him were about six hundred men;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 10:28 He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Migron

Migron: Prophecy Concerning

Migron: Saul Encamps Near, Under a Pomegranate Tree

Related Terms

Micron

Pomegranate (11 Occurrences)

Michmash (10 Occurrences)

Outskirts (38 Occurrences)

Geba (22 Occurrences)

Fruit-tree (4 Occurrences)