Rambles in Bible lands . nds the village of Mukmas, undoubtedly the Mich-mash of the wondrous feat of Jonathan and his armour-bearer. Josephus describes the spot exactly. He says, The enemys camp was upon a precipice which hadthree, tops, that ended in a small but sharp and long-extremity, while there was a rock that surrounded Conder says, Exactly such a natural fortressexists immediately east of the village of Michmash,and it is still called the fort by the peasantry. 1 Joshua xxi. 17 ; 2 Sam. v. 25 ; 1 Kings xv. 22, &c. 2 1 Sam. x. 26, xi. 4, &c. 3 1 Sam. xxii. 6. Here Ramah i
Rambles in Bible lands . nds the village of Mukmas, undoubtedly the Mich-mash of the wondrous feat of Jonathan and his armour-bearer. Josephus describes the spot exactly. He says, The enemys camp was upon a precipice which hadthree, tops, that ended in a small but sharp and long-extremity, while there was a rock that surrounded Conder says, Exactly such a natural fortressexists immediately east of the village of Michmash,and it is still called the fort by the peasantry. 1 Joshua xxi. 17 ; 2 Sam. v. 25 ; 1 Kings xv. 22, &c. 2 1 Sam. x. 26, xi. 4, &c. 3 1 Sam. xxii. 6. Here Ramah is said to have been in Gibeah. 4 Josephuss Antiquities of the Jews, Bk. VI. chap. vi. sec. 2. MICHMASH 183 Opposite to this natural fortress there is on the southof the gorge a crag of equal height and seeminglyimpassable. Scripture exactly describes the spot, A sharp cliff on one side, and a sharp cliff on The south cliff, we are told, was named Seneh,and the opposite north cliff was called Bozez. The. PLAIN OF JERICHO, NEAR AIN ES SULTAN valley runs due east, so the south cliff is in shade allday, and, like all southern slopes in Palestine, greenand fertile. So much is this the case that Palestinelooks green and fertile as you travel from north tosouth, and comparatively; barren as you travel from 1 1 Sam. xiv. 4. i84 RAMBLES IN BIBLE LANDS south to north. Hence this cliff would be coveredwith wild growth, probably the acacia, and was there-fore called Seneh. The cliff under Michmash on theeast is bare and rocky, much of it white chalk, andreflects back the scorching rays of the sun, truly Bozez—that is, 1 shining. Here, then, we can with certaintylocate that splendid feat of arms, when, with recklessheroism, Jonathan and his armour-bearer surprised andput to flight the whole garrison of the Ramah, Nob, and Mizpeh were all somewhere inthis neighbourhood, more to the south, but are notyet certainly identified. A high and remarkable conicalhill, some
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