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אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה , מְחוֹלָה

(ay' behl-meh hoh' lah) Place name meaning, “brook of the round dancing.” A border town or towns whose location(s) is uncertain. Gideon fought the Midianites in the territory of Issachar west of the Jordan (Judges 7:22 ). Solomon places Abel-meholah in a district including Taanach, Megiddo, and Beth-shean (1 Kings 4:12 ). This was Elisha's home (1 Kings 19:16 ).

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These dictionary topics are from the Holman Bible Dictionary, published by Broadman & Holman, 1991. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Broadman & Holman.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Abel-Meholah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/a/abel-meholah.html. 1991.

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