A region in Egypt. It was located in a border area close to Israel. During the Exodus, they passed through this place and encamped by the Red Sea.
Exodus 14:2Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’
Numbers 33:7They traveled from before Hahiroth, and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
바벨론에 의해 유다 왕국이 멸망한 뒤에 유다인들의 유민들이 애굽의 주요 도시에 모여 살았는데, 믹돌도 그 도시중 하나이다.
Ezekiel 29:10No foot of man will pass through it, nor will any animal foot pass through it. It won’t be inhabited for forty years.
Ezekiel 30:6“They will be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities will be among the cities that are wasted.