Minnith

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Minnith marks the direction in which Jephthah pursued the defeated Ammonites from Aroer (  Judges 11:33 ), i.e . ‘Aroer which is in front of Rabbah’ (  Joshua 13:25 ). The site has not been recovered. That indicated in the Onomasticon , 4 miles from Heshbon on the way to Philadelphia, seems too far to the south. The place appears to have been famous for the high quality of its wheat (  Ezekiel 27:17 , cf.   2 Chronicles 27:5 ). It must be added that in both passages there are strong reasons for suspecting the correctness of the text.

W. Ewing.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Min'nith. (Distribution). A place on the east of the Jordan, named as the point to which Jephthah's slaughter of the Ammonites extended.  Judges 11:33. The "wheat of Minnith" is mentioned in  Ezekiel 27:17, as being supplied by Judah and Israel to Tyre; but there is nothing to indicate that the same place is intended, and indeed, the word is believed by some not to be a proper name.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

An Ammonite city, the limit of Jephthah's slaughter, near "the plain (meadow) of vineyards," Abel Ceramim ( Judges 11:33), afterwards belonging to Israel; famous for wheat ( Ezekiel 27:17). At the fourth milestone from Heshbon to Philadelphia (Ammon); Eusebius, and Jerome, Onomasticon.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Place on the east of the Jordan, mentioned anciently as four miles from Heshbon on the road to Philadelphia; but now unknown.  Judges 11:33 . Perhaps the same place is referred to in  Ezekiel 27:17 , from whence wheat was sent to Tyre.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A town of the Ammonites in the time of Jephthah,  Judges 11:33 , four miles northeast of Heshbon. It furnished fine wheat for the market of Tyre,  Ezekiel 27:17 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Judges 11:33 Ezekiel 27:17

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Judges 11:29-33

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Minnith', מַנַּית . Distribution; Sept. in Judg. Μενίθ v.r. Ἀρνών ,Vulg. Mennith; in Ezekiel Μύρα , Balsamunm), a town in the country of the Ammonites, to which Jephthah pursued them ( Judges 11:33), celebrated for the excellence of its wheat, which was exported to the markets of Tyre ( Ezekiel 27:17). It still existed in the age of Eusebius, four Roman miles from Heshbon, on the road to Philadelphia (Onomastis.V. Μαανίθ Jerome Mannith). Schwarz (Palest. page 230) thinks it the same with the present Minja, five miles east of Hesban. " ‘ From Aroer to the approach to Minnith' ( עִד בּוֹאֲךָ מ ) seems to have been a district containing twenty cities. Minnith was in the neighborhood of Abel-Ceramim, the ‘ meadow of vineyards.' In this vicinity were possibly situated the vineyards in which Balaam encountered the angel on his road from Mesopotamia to Moab ( Numbers 22:24). An episcopal city of ‘ Palestina secunda,' named Mennith, is quoted by Reland (Palaest. page 211), but with some question as to its being located in this direction (page 209). A site bearing the name Menjah is marked in Van de Velde's Map, perhaps on the authority of Buckingham, at seven Roman miles east of Heshbon, on a road to Amman, though not on the frequented track."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

min´ith ( מנּית , minnı̄th  ; Codex Vaticanus ἄχρις Ἀρνών , áchris Arnṓn  ; Codex Alexandrinus εἰς Σεμωείθ , eis Semōeı́th ): After Jephthah defeated the Ammonites, he is said to have smitten them from Aroer "until thou come to Minnith" (  Judges 11:33 ). Eusebius, Onomasticon mentions a place called Maanith, 4 Roman miles from Heshbon, on the road to Philadelphia ( ‛Ammān ), and locates Abel-cheramim, which is mentioned with Minnith, 7 miles from Philadelphia, without indicating the direction. Some travelers have spoken of a Menjah, 7 miles East of Heshbon, but of this place Tristram ( Land of Moab , 140) could find no trace. The same place appears to be mentioned in  Ezekiel 27:17 as supplying wheat, which figures in the trade between Judah and Tyre. There are really no reliable data on which to suggest an identification, while there are grave reasons to suspect the integrity of the text.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Min´nith, a town in the country of the Ammonites , celebrated for the excellence of its wheat, which was exported to the markets of Tyre . It still existed in the age of Eusebius, four R. miles from Heshbon, on the road to Philadelphia.