Madmannah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("dunghill".) A city in S. of Judah (Joshua 15:31). Identical with Beth Marcaboth ("resting house for chariots"). (See BETH MARCABOTH.) Now probably Minyay, on the route from Egypt to western Palestine, 15 miles S.S.W. from Gaza, the Ethiopian eunuch's route, traveling in his chariot from Jerusalem toward Egypt (Acts 8:26-28).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Madman'nah. (dunghill). One of the towns in the south district of Judah. Joshua 15:31. In the time of Eusebius and Jerome, it was called Menois, and was not far from Gaza. The first stage southward from Gaza is now el-Minyay, which is perhaps, the modern representative of Menois, and therefore, of Madmannah.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

MADMANNAH. A town in the Negeb of Judah ( Joshua 15:31 ), named with Hormah and Ziklag. Its place is taken in Joshua 19:5 etc., by Beth-marcaboth . No satisfactory identification has been suggested. Conder mentions Umm Demineh N. of Beersheba, but does not think it suitable.

W. Ewing.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. City of Judah near Ziklag. Joshua 15:31 . Identified by some with Umm Deimneh , 31 23' N, 34 56' E .

2. Son of (or town founded by) Shaaph. 1 Chronicles 2:49 .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A city near Gaza, first assigned to Judah, and afterwards to Simeon, Joshua 15:31 1 Chronicles 2:49 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

Joshua 15:31Joshua 19:51 Chronicles 2:49

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Joshua 15:311 Chronicles 2:49

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mad - man´a ( מדמנּה , madhmannāh  ; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Μαχαρίμ , Macharı́m  ; Codex Alexandrinus Βεδεβηνά , Bedebēná ( Joshua 15:31 ); Codex Vaticanus Μαρμηνά , Marmēná  ; Codex Alexandrinus Μαδμηνά , Madmēná (1 Chronicles 2:49 )): This town lay in the Negeb of Judah and is mentioned with Hormah and Ziklag. It is represented in Joshua 19:5 , etc., by Beth-marcaboth. Umm Deimneh , 12 miles North of Beersheba, has been proposed on etymological grounds ( PEF , III, 392, 399, Sh Xxiv ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Madman´nah, a city of Simeon , very far south towards Gaza , which in the first distribution of lands had been assigned to Judah. Eusebius and Jerome identify it with a town of their time, called Menois, near the city of Gaza.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

For this site Lieut. Conder suggests (Tent Work, 2:338) Um Deimneh, twelve miles north-east of Beersheba, consisting of "heaps of stones, foundations, and two or three caves" (Memoirs to Ordnance Survey, 3:399); but the name has little resemblance.