Manahath

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Manahath 1. Mentioned only in   1 Chronicles 8:5 as the place to which certain Benjamite clans were carried captive. The town is probably identical with that implied in Manahathites (wh. see), with the Manochô of the Gr. text of   Joshua 15:59 , and if the text in Jg. is correct, with the Menuhah of   Judges 20:43 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] . 2.  Genesis 36:23 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ),   1 Chronicles 1:40 ‘son of Shobal, son of Seir, the Horite,’ i.e . eponymous ancestor of a clan of Edom, or of the earlier population conquered and absorbed by Edom.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  Genesis 36:23. Ptolemy (v. 17, sec. 3) mentions Manychiates W. of Petra:

2.  1 Chronicles 8:6-8; "the heads of the fathers of Geba, they removed them (led them captive, Qeri) to Manahath," "they," namely, Naaman, Ahiah, and Gera, and of these three Gera in particular, "he removed them" (led them captive). Manahath is connected possibly with the Manahethites ( 1 Chronicles 2:52;  1 Chronicles 2:54) in Judah.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 36:23 1 Chronicles 1:40 2 1 Chronicles 8:6 3 Joshua 15:59 Judges 20:43 1 Chronicles 2:54

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Man'ahath. (Rest).

1. A place named in  1 Chronicles 8:6 only in connection with the genealogies of the tribe of Benjamin.

2. One of the sons of Shobal, and descendant of Seir, the Horite.  Genesis 36:23;  1 Chronicles 1:40

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Shobal, a son of Seir the Horite.  Genesis 36:23;  1 Chronicles 1:40 .

2. City in Benjamin.   1 Chronicles 8:6 . Identified with Malhah, 31 46' N, 35 11' E .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

man´a - hath ( מנחת , mānaḥath  ; Μαχαναθί , Machanathı́ ):

(1) A place to which certain Benjamites, victims, apparently, of intra-tribal jealousy, were carried captive ( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ). Of this town the Manahathites were probably natives. It is possibly denoted by Manocho which Septuagint adds to the list of towns in Judah ( Joshua 15:59 ). This place is named along with Bether ( Bittir ). The name seems to be preserved in that of Māliḥa , a large village not far from Bittir , Southwest of Jerusalem. The change of l to n , and vice versa, is not uncommon. The same place may be intended by Menuhah ( Judges 20:43 the Revised Version margin), where the King James Version reads "with ease," and the Revised Version (British and American) "at their resting-place."

(2) One of the sons of Shobal, the son of Seir the Horite ( Genesis 36:23;  1 Chronicles 1:40 ), the "name-father" of one of the ancient tribes in Mt. Seir, afterward subdued and incorporated in Edom.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Mana'chath, מָנִחִת , Rest ) , the name of a man and of a place.

1. (Sept. Μαναχάθ . ) The second named of the five sons of Shobal, the son of Seir the Horite ( Genesis 36:23;  1 Chronicles 1:40). B.C. cir. 1927.

2. (Sept. Μαναχαθί v. r. Μαχαναθί . ) A town or region to which certain descendants of Ehud, of the tribe of Benjamin, appear to have been exiled from Geba by an act of his father Bela ( 1 Chronicles 8:6). The context would seem to indicate some locality in the land of Moab. (See Shaharaim). Some refer it to the MENUCHAH of Judah ( Judges 9:43, A. Vers. "with ease;" comp.  1 Chronicles 2:52;  1 Chronicles 2:54), but with little probability. (See Menuchite).