מְגִדּוֹןMᵉgiddôwn
proper name [of a location]: old Canaanitish city, assigned to Manasseh (Zechariah 12:11; 1 Kings 4:12; 1 Kings 9:15; 2 Kings 9:27; 2 Kings 23:29)
Pronunciation: meg-id-done' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4023
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 12:21 The king of Taanach The king of Megiddo
- Joshua 17:11 The following towns within the territory of Issachar and Asher, however, were given to Manasseh: Beth-shan, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphoth-dor), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- Judges 1:27 The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out the people living in Beth-shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and all their surrounding settlements, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.
- Judges 5:19 “The kings of Canaan came and fought, at Taanach near Megiddo’s springs, but they carried off no silver treasures.
- 1 Kings 4:12 Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam.
- 1 Kings 9:15 This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s Temple, the royal palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).