Abel-meholah
Abel-meholah, a town in Israel, the birthplace of Elisha.
The name Abel-meholah means “mourning of sickness”
PlaceOld Testament2 books3 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Judges 7:22; only referred to as Abel-meholah (אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה).
Location
- Identified as
- Tell Abu Sus
- Certainty
- Likely (66% of scholarship) · 5 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 32.374° N, 35.561° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- אָבֵל מְחוֹלָהAbel-meholah
Mentions
- And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
- 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;
- You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.