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Abel-Meholah
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("the plain of the dance".) The birthplace of Elisha, where he was found at his plow by Elijah returning up the Jordan valley from Horeb (1 Kings 19:16). N. of the Jordan valley, S. of Bethshean (Scythopolis) (1 Kings 4:12). To its neighborhood fled the Midianites routed by Gideon (Judges 7:22). It pertained to the half tribe of Manasseh.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Abel-Meholah'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/a/abel-meholah.html. 1949.