Type: place
It is a region northeast of Jerusalem.
During the time of King Saul, he encamped his army here when fighting against the Philistines.
1 Sam 13:2Saul chose three thousand men of Israel; two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan) in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, each to his own tent.
1 Sam 13:5The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmas, east of Beth Aven.
1 Sam 13:23Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmas.
After the return from Babylonian captivity, people who lived in this area returned.
People of the tribe of Benjamin resided here.