A second site of primary interest may here be noticed in its proper place, namely that of Megiddo.
For topographical reasons it is very likely that the city of Megiddo was at Lejjoon.
Israel was threshed at Megiddo, and Josiah, the king after God's own heart, was slain on the field.
No such place as Hadadrimmon is known, though there is a Rummne not far from Megiddo.
He rebuilt the fortifications of Megiddo, thus securing the control of the network of roads which traversed Southern Syria.
There is nothing definite in the Bible as to the position of Megiddo.
No name at all approaching to that of Megiddo was found by the Survey party in any other suitable position.
The armies met under Carmel on the Kishon: the battle broke out in the valley of Megiddo.
Anti Christ and his confederates are to be destroyed at Megiddo.
The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo they took no gain of money.
place of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:21), belonged to the tribe of Manasseh (Judg. 1:27), but does not seem to have been fully occupied by the Israelites till the time of Solomon (1 Kings 4:12; 9:15). The valley or plain of Megiddo was part of the plain of Esdraelon, the great battle-field of Palestine. It was here Barak gained a notable victory over Jabin, the king of Hazor, whose general, Sisera, led on the hostile army. Barak rallied the warriors of the northern tribes, and under the encouragement of Deborah (q.v.), the prophetess, attacked the Canaanites in the great plain. The army of Sisera was thrown into complete confusion, and was engulfed in the waters of the Kishon, which had risen and overflowed its banks (Judg. 4:5). Many years after this (B.C. 610), Pharaohnecho II., on his march against the king of Assyria, passed through the plains of Philistia and Sharon; and King Josiah, attempting to bar his progress in the plain of Megiddo, was defeated by the Egyptians. He was wounded in battle, and died as they bore him away in his chariot towards Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:29; 2 Chr. 35:22-24), and all Israel mourned for him. So general and bitter was this mourning that it became a proverb, to which Zechariah (12:11, 12) alludes. Megiddo has been identified with the modern el-Lejjun, at the head of the Kishon, under the north-eastern brow of Carmel, on the south-western edge of the plain of Esdraelon, and 9 miles west of Jezreel. Others identify it with Mujedd'a, 4 miles south-west of Bethshean, but the question of its site is still undetermined.