Manahath

Manahath appears in two genealogical contexts. First as an Edomite ancestor in the Horite line through Esau: "And these are the sons of Shobal; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam" (Genesis 36:23). Second as a Calebite settlement near Bethlehem in the Judean hill country: "And the sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites" (1 Chronicles 2:54). The town is also named as the destination of Benjamite exiles deported by their own kinsmen: "And these are the sons of Ehud... and they removed them to Manahath" (1 Chronicles 8:6). The site is commonly identified with Malhah southwest of Jerusalem.