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Where is Megiddo in the Bible?

Megiddo was a city of great strategic importance located in the Jezreel Valley, guarding the main trade route between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Megiddo appears in 6 verses across 6 books of the Bible.

What happened at Megiddo?

Megiddo was a city of great strategic importance located in the Jezreel Valley, guarding the main trade route between Egypt and Mesopotamia. It was one of the cities conquered by Joshua during the Israelite conquest of Canaan (Joshua 12:21). Megiddo was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh but was not fully taken from the Canaanites (Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27). The city is mentioned in the song of Deborah as the site of a great battle against the Canaanites (Judges 5:19). King Solomon fortified Megiddo as one of his key cities (1Ki.9.15). The city continued to play a significant role in later history, with King Josiah of Judah being killed by Pharaoh Necho of Egypt at Megiddo (2Ki.23.29-30; 2Ch.35.22). The name Armageddon, derived from the Hebrew "Har Megiddo" (hill of Megiddo), appears in the book of Revelation as the site of the final battle between the forces of good and evil (Revelation 16:16).

Definition text: STEPBible · Tyndale House Cambridge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Lightly edited for length and formatting.

Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.

Where does Megiddo appear in the Bible?

Megiddo is referenced in 6 verses across 6 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

1 Chronicles 12 Chronicles 12 Kings 1Judges 1Joshua 1Zechariah 1

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Megiddo.

TaanachJerusalemDorJosiahNecoJehoahaz

Common questions

How many times does the Bible mention Megiddo?

Megiddo appears in 6 verses across 6 books, most often in 1 Chronicles, which accounts for 1 of them.

Which books of the Bible mention Megiddo?

1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, 2 Kings, Judges, Joshua, Zechariah.

Where can I read every verse about Megiddo?

This page lists 6 of them. Protos carries all 6, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.

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