Joshua 17:11
11Also in Issachar and in Asher aManasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of bDor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of cTaanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of dMegiddo and its villages; ethe third is Naphath. ▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Judges 5:19
19 “The kings came, they fought;then fought the kings of Canaan,
at gTaanach, by the waters of hMegiddo;
ithey got no spoils of silver.
1 Kings 4:12
12Baana the son of Ahilud, in jTaanach, Megiddo, and all kBeth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;2 Kings 9:27
27 lWhen Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him and said, “Shoot him also.” And they shot him ▼▼Syriac, Vulgate (compare Septuagint); Hebrew lacks and they shot him
in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by nIbleam. And he fled to oMegiddo and died there. 2 Kings 23:29-30
29 pIn his days qPharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went to meet him, and Pharaoh Neco killed him at rMegiddo, as soon as he saw him. 30 sAnd his servants carried him dead in a chariot from tMegiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. uAnd the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.2 Chronicles 35:22
22Nevertheless, Josiah did not turn away from him, but vdisguised himself in order to fight with him. He did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to fight in the plain of wMegiddo.Zechariah 12:11
11 xOn that day ythe mourning in Jerusalem will be as great zas the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
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