Mephaath
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(splendor height), city of the Reubenites, one of the towns independently an Heshhon, (Joshua 13:18) lying in the district of the Mishor comp. ver. (Joshua 13:17) and Jere 48:21 Authorized Version “plain,” which probably answered to the modern Belka . It was one of the cities allotted with their suburbs to the Merarite Levites. (Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79) Its site is uncertain.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Splendour, a Levitical city (Josh. 21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).
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