The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
Parallel translations
- WEB The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
- BSB the men of Michmash, 122;
- NKJV the men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two;
- NASB the men of Michmas, 122;
- NLT The people of Micmash 122
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Quick answer
The men of Michmas numbered 122. The list of returnees by town continues.
Overview
Michmas, a town in Benjamin, is registered among those who returned. The careful listing of towns shows the broad resettlement of the land. Each community counted contributed to the rebuilding of the covenant nation.
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Cross-references · 4
- 1 Sam 13:23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
- 1 Sam 13:5And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
- Neh 7:31The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
- Isa 10:28He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
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