ibid., a town in Benjamin, not far from Jerusalem, towards the north ( Isaiah 10:31 ). The same Hebrew word occurs in Isaiah 25:10 , where it is rendered "dunghill." This verse has, however, been interpreted as meaning "that Moab will be trodden down by Jehovah as teben [broken straw] is trodden to fragments on the threshing-floors of Madmenah."
(dunghill ), one of the, Benjamite villages north of Jerusalem the inhabitants of which were frightened away by the approach of Sennacherib along the northern road. ( Isaiah 10:31 )
MADMENAH
mad-me'-na (madhmenah; Madebena):
A place mentioned only in Isaiah's description of the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem (Isaiah 10:31). It is not identified.
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