Megiddo

Identified as

Tel Megiddo

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

32.585° N, 35.184° E

• Death of Josiahc. 609 BC

Megiddo, Megiddon· Armageddon

• Ἀρμαγεδδών·Armageddonmeans “hill of fruits; mountain of Megiddo”
• מְגִדּוֹ·Megiddo

1. Joshua 12:21מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
   …the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
2. Joshua 17:11מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
   Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
3. Judges 1:27מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
   At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
4. Judges 5:19מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
   Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
5. 1 Kings 4:12מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
   Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
6. 1 Kings 9:15מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
   This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
7. 2 Kings 9:27מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
   When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
8. 2 Kings 23:29מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
   During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
9. 2 Kings 23:30מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
   From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
10. 1 Chronicles 7:29מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
    And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
11. 2 Chronicles 35:22מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
    Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.
12. Zechariah 12:11מְגִדּוֹ · Megiddo
    On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
13. Revelation 16:16Ἀρμαγεδδών · Armageddon
    And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.