Bible Location
Meaning: hot waters · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Misrephoth-maim was a northern site to which Joshua pursued the defeated Canaanite coalition. It is important because it marks the extent of Israel's pursuit after the battle of Merom. First appears in Josh 11:8.1
Place meaning
hot waters
Coordinates
33.12, 35.14
First appears
Josh 11:8
AI summary: Misrephoth-maim matters because conquest is shown not just in victory but in relentless follow-through. The place marks how far Joshua's forces chased the broken northern alliance toward the coast. The cross references present Misrephoth-maim as a northern pursuit-point at the edge of the campaign.1
Place meaning
hot waters
Latitude
33.12
Longitude
35.14
Bible references
2
Burning of waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a place to which Joshua pursued a party of Canaanites after the defeat of Jabin (Josh. 11:8). It is identified with the ruin Musheirifeh, at the promontory of en-Nakhurah, some 11 miles north of Acre. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.