Megiddo
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Named in the song at Judges 5:19: “then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.” At 2 Kings 9:27, when Ahaziah the king of Judah fled by the way of the garden house, Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!”; the verse goes on, “They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.” 2 Kings 23:29–30 says that in Josiah’s days (WEB “In his days”) Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates, and King Josiah went against him, “but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him”, and, “His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb.”
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- 1CH 7:28–29, engwebp
28Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;
29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. The children of Joseph the son of Israel lived in these.
- 1KI 4:7–19, engwebp
7Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
8These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9Ben Deker, in Makaz, in Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
10Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
11Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);
12Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
13Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, belonged to him; and the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars, belonged to him);
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.
- 1KI 9:15–19, engwebp
15This is the reason of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted: to build the LORD’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
16Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
17Solomon built in the land Gezer, Beth Horon the lower,
18Baalath, Tamar in the wilderness,
19all the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
- 2KI 9:27–29, engwebp
27But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!” They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in David’s city.
29In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
- 2KI 23:28–30, engwebp
28Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
29In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.
30His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
- JDG 1:27, engwebp
27Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
- JDG 5:19–23, engwebp
19“The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
20From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
21The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
22Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the LORD’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Megiddo” by name and 8 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tel Megiddo (confidence 1000 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Tel Megiddo
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.58528, 35.18444
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Narrated location (2) — Ahaziah king of Judah flees, is struck at the ascent of Gur, dies at Megiddo, and is buried in David’s city, Pharaoh Necoh kills Josiah at Megiddo, and the people of the land anoint Jehoahaz and make him king
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Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
“The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
This is the reason of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted: to build the LORD’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!” They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.
His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. The children of Joseph the son of Israel lived in these.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Megiddo (place-megiddo) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/megiddo Current wording: Named in the song at Judges 5:19: “then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.” At 2 Kings 9:27, when Ahaziah the king of Judah fled by the way of the garden house, Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!”; the verse goes on, “They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.” 2 Kings 23:29–30 says that in Josiah’s days (WEB “In his days”) Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates, and King Josiah went against him, “but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him”, and, “His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb.” Cited evidence: 1CH 7:28–29, engwebp / 1KI 4:7–19, engwebp / 1KI 9:15–19, engwebp / 2KI 9:27–29, engwebp / 2KI 23:28–30, engwebp / JDG 1:27, engwebp / JDG 5:19–23, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.