Mishal

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Joshua 21:301 Chronicles 6:74

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A town of Asher, assigned to the Gershonite Levites (Joshua 19:26; Joshua 21:30). In 1 Chronicles 6:74 Mashal.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

MISHAL. A town of Asher ( Joshua 19:26 ), given to the Gershonite Levites ( Joshua 21:30 ) = 1 Chronicles 6:74 Mashal. The site is unknown.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

See MASHAL.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mi'shal. (entreaty). See Misheal.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mı̄´shal ( משׁאל , mish'āl ): A town in the territory of Asher ( Joshua 19:26 , the King James Version "Misheal," Μαασά , Maasá ), assigned to the Gershonite Levites (Joshua 21:30; Codex Vaticanus Βασσελλάν , Bassellán  ; Codex Alexandrinus Μασαάλ , Masaál = "Mashal" of 1 Chronicles 6:74 ). Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. "Masan") places it near Carmel by the sea. It is not identified.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Mishal', מַשְׁאָל, prob. entreaty; Sept. Μισαλά ), a city of the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:26, where it is Anglicized "Misheal"), assigned to the Levites of the family of Gershom (Joshua 21:30); elsewhere called MASHAL (1 Chronicles 6:74). It is doubtless the Masan referred to by Eusebius (Onomast. s.v. Μασάν) as situated on the Mediterranean, near Carmel, a position with which the text (Joshua 19:26) agrees (see Keil, Comment. ad loc.). It is probably the modern ruined village Misalli, near the shore about three miles north of Athlit (Van de Velde, Memoir, page 335).