south-western edge of the plain of Esdraelon, and 9 miles west of Jezreel.
Others identify it with Mujedd’a, 4 miles south-west of Bethshean, but
the question of its site is still undetermined.
- MEHETABEEL whose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and
grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehemiah
(Nehemiah 6:10). - MEHETABEL wife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom (Genesis 36:39).
- MEHUJAEL smitten by God, the son of Irad, and father of Methusael
(Genesis 4:18). - MEHUMAN faithful, one of the eunchs whom Ahasuerus (Xerxes)
commanded to bring in Vashti (Esther 1:10). - MEHUNIMS habitations, (2 Chronicles 26:7; R.V. “Meunim,” Vulg.
Ammonitae), a people against whom Uzziah waged a successful war. This
word is in Hebrew the plural of Ma’on, and thus denotes the Maonites
who inhabited the country on the eastern side of the Wady el-Arabah.
They are again mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:41 (R.V.), in the reign of King
Hezekiah, as a Hamite people, settled in the eastern end of the valley of
Gedor, in the wilderness south of Palestine. In this passage the Authorized
Version has “habitation,” erroneously following the translation of Luther.
They are mentioned in the list of those from whom the Nethinim were
made up (Ezra 2:50; Nehemiah 7:52).
- ME-JARKON waters of yellowness, or clear waters, a river in the tribe of
Dan (Joshua 19:46). It has been identified with the river ‘Aujeh, which
rises at Antipatris. - MEKONAH a base or foundation, a town in the south of Judah
(Nehemiah 11:28), near Ziklag. - MELCHI my king. (1.) The son of Addi, and father of Neri (Luke 3:28).
(2.) Luke 3:24. - MELCHIZEDEK king of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we
know of him is recorded in Genesis 14:18-20. He is subsequently
mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in Psalm 110:4. The typical
significance of his history is set forth in detail in the Epistle to the
Hebrews, ch. 7. The apostle there points out the superiority of his