Bible Location
Meaning: birth; generation · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Moladah was a southern town in Judah later assigned to Simeon. It is important because it appears in both the original allotments and the post-exilic resettlement lists. First appears in Josh 15:26.1
Place meaning
birth; generation
Coordinates
31.16, 35.06
First appears
Josh 15:26
AI summary: Moladah matters because it shows how the south was shared and remembered across generations. It belongs to Judah's southern town lists, then to Simeon's inheritance within that same region, and later to the repopulated map after exile. Its significance is therefore cumulative rather than dramatic. The cross references present Moladah as a Negeb settlement whose identity persisted through allotment, tribal sharing, and restoration.1
Place meaning
birth; generation
Latitude
31.16
Longitude
35.06
Bible references
4
Birth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Josh. 15:21-26; 19:2). It has been identified with the modern el-Milh, 10 miles east of Beersheba. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.