Place
Megiddo
strategic city
City associated with battles and Josiah's death.
Who or what is this?
Fortified city overlooking the valley at a critical pass on the international highway, taken from a king by and later rebuilt by along with and Gezer. Ahaziah of dies there fleeing , and falls in battle there trying to block 's advance, an event so traumatic that Zechariah likens national mourning to the mourning for him in the plain of Megiddo. The name lies behind the eschatological Armageddon of Revelation.
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Modern location: Tel Megiddo. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
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