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Joshua 12:21 Cross-References

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The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

Joshua 12:21 (KJV)

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King of Megiddoone of thirty-one kings (JOS 12:21) defeated by Joshua (JOS 12:7)
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King of Kedeshone of thirty-one kings (JOS 12:22) defeated by Joshua (JOS 12:7)

Commentary on Joshua 12:21

The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one—Taanach (תַּעֲנַךְ, ta'anach) and Megiddo (מְגִדּוֹ, megiddo, 'place of troops') were twin fortresses guarding the strategic Jezreel Valley and controlling access through the Carmel mountain range via the Megiddo pass. Possessing these cities meant controlling the primary east-west trade route connecting the coastal Via Maris with the inland King's Highway.Megiddo's subsequent biblical prominence—as the site where Deborah defeated Canaanite kings (Judges 5:19), where Josiah died fighting Pharaoh Necho (2 Kings 23:29-30), and as the symbolic lo...

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