Schaff's Bible Dictionary
MICH'MAS, or MICH MASH (something hidden), a town of Benjamin noted in the Philistine war of Saul and Jonathan. 1 Sam 13:11. Isaiah refers to it in connection with the invasion of Sennacherib in the reign of Hezekiah. Isa 10:28. After the Captivity it was repeopled. Ezr 2:27; Neh 7:31. Later it became the residence of Jonathan Maccabaeus and the seat of his government. 1 Mace. 9:73. In the time of Eusebius and Jerome it was "a very large village,
retaining its ancient name, and lying near Ramah, in the district of AElia (Jerusalem), 9 miles therefrom." Michmash is identified with the modern village of Mukmas, about 5 miles north of Jerusalem, where are considerable ruins of columns, cisterns, etc. Immediately below the village the great wady spreads out to a considerable width - perhaps half a mile - and its bed is broken up into an intricate mass of hummocks and mounds, two of which,
before the torrents of 3000 winters had reduced and rounded their forms, may have been the "teeth of cliff" - the Bozez and Seneh of Jonathan's adventure. 1 Sam 14:4. In plain view about a mile away is the ancient Geba or Gibeah, where Saul was encamped. 1 Sam 13:16.