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MINNITH marks the direction in which Jephthah pursued the defeated Ammonites from Aroer (Jdg_11:33), i.e. ‘Aroer which is in front of Rabbah’ (Jos_13:25). The site has not been recovered. That indicated in the Onomasticon, 4 miles from Heshbon on the way to Philadelphia, seems too far to the south. The place appears to have been famous for the high quality of its wheat (Eze_27:17, cf. 2Ch_27:5). It must be added that in both passages there are strong reasons for suspecting the correctness of the text.
W. Ewing.