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(Heb. Mana'chath, îָðִçִú , rest), the name of a man and of a place.
1. (Sept. Ìáíá÷Üè .) The second named of the five sons of Shobal, the son of Seir the Horite (Gen_36:23; 1Ch_1:40). B.C. cir. 1927.
2. (Sept. Ìáíá÷áèß v. r. Ìá÷áíáèß .) A town or region to which certain descendants of Ehud, of the tribe of Benjamin, appear to have been exiled from Geba by an act of his father Bela (1Ch_8:6). The context would seem to indicate some locality in the land of Moab. SEE SHAHARAIM. Some refer it to the MENUCHAH of Judah (Jdg_9:43, A. Vers. “with ease;” comp. 1Ch_2:52; 1Ch_2:54), but with little probability. SEE MENUCHITE.