Malatha

MALATHA, a Castle in Idumæa, to which the younger Agrippa retired, for some Time, after he had squandered away his whole Estate at Rome¹. We think that Malatha may be the same as Makheloth, mentioned Numb. xxx. 25, 26. Eusebius often speaks of Malatha, in his Book of Hebrew Places; and by comparing the several Passages in which it is mentioned, it appears that this City was in the southern Parts of Judah, at about twenty Miles from Hebron. See also MOLADAH or MOLATHA, Josh. xv. 26, and xix. 2.

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