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Joshua 12:21 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Joshua 12:21 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 12 verse 21 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;”
Joshua 12:21 (KJV)
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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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Cross-References for Joshua 12:21
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“and Ibleam and its towns”
“when he had seen him.”
“in Taanach and Megiddo”
“then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.”