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(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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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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