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Waters of Merom

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At Joshua 11:5 the kings to whom Jabin king of Hazor had sent “met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel”. At 11:7 Joshua came suddenly, with all the warriors, against them by the waters of Merom, and attacked them.

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JOS 11:1–5, engwebp
¹When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,
²and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
³to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
⁴They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.
⁵All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
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JOS 11:6–9, engwebp
⁶The LORD said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”
⁷So Joshua came suddenly, with all the warriors, against them by the waters of Merom, and attacked them.
⁸The LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward. They struck them until they left them no one remaining.
⁹Joshua did to them as the LORD told him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Waters of Merom” by name and 2 shared verses. Its leading identification scores only 77 of 1000, so it is listed as a candidate and not adopted as a coordinate.

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En Meron
OpenBible.info confidence 77 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.97889, 35.43778
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Waters of Merom” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (2) — Jabin king of Hazor sends to the kings, and they encamp together at the waters of Merom, The sudden attack by the waters of Merom, and the chase to great Sidon

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Entry: Waters of Merom (place-waters-of-merom)
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Current wording: At Joshua 11:5 the kings to whom Jabin king of Hazor had sent “met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel”. At 11:7 Joshua came suddenly, with all the warriors, against them by the waters of Merom, and attacked them.
Cited evidence: JOS 11:1–5, engwebp / JOS 11:6–9, engwebp
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