Misrephoth-maim

Misrephoth-maim (meaning burning of waters or hot waters) was a site on the northern coastal plain of Canaan to which Joshua pursued the forces of the Canaanite coalition under King Jabin of Hazor after the decisive battle near the waters of Merom (Josh. 11:8). The exact nature of the place is debated: the name may refer to salt-pans, lime-kilns, or glass-works where water was heated, all of which were attested industries on the Lebanese coast in antiquity. It is also mentioned in Josh. 13:6 as lying within the territory that remained to be subdued in the north. The site is tentatively identified with Khirbet el-Musheirifeh, a ruin near the promontory of en-Nakhurah, approximately eleven miles north of Acre on the Phoenician coast.