Minnith

Minnith is a place east of the Jordan, named twice in scripture — once as a boundary marker in Jephthah's victory over Ammon, once as the source of fine wheat in the trade catalogue of Tyre.

Boundary of Jephthah's victory

In the Ammonite war, Minnith fixes the far edge of Jephthah's advance. "And he struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel" (Jud 11:33). The line from Aroer to Minnith measures the breadth of the defeat — twenty cities along that stretch fell, and the Ammonite threat collapsed.

Wheat for the markets of Tyre

The other appearance is economic rather than military. In the lament over Tyre, the prophet lists what each nation contributed to the city's trade. "Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your traffickers: they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm" (Eze 27:17). The wheat of Minnith stands at the head of the produce that Judah and Israel sent into Tyre's markets.