Mephaath

Name means “appearance, or force, of waters”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Mephaath, appearance, or force, of waters”

First named: Joshua 13:18

Town Undetermined

Disputed identification: Its location is disputed; scholars have proposed several different modern sites for it.

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Named in Scripture, but with no story of its own here — kept for the connections graph.

References: Joshua 13:18; Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79; Jeremiah 48:21

No person with a full profile is named in Scripture at this place — kept here for the connections graph.