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KISHON

(Heb. qîšôn)

A wadi (Wadi el-Muqaṭṭaʿ) that drains the western Jezreel Valley, Esdraelon Plain, and the plain of Acco. Several wadis meet 6.5 km. (4 mi.) NE of Megiddo and feed into the Kishon: Wadi en-Nusf/Wadi Shemmah, S of Mt. Gilboa; Wadi Muweili, from the west of Mt. Tabor; Wadi el-Mujahiyeh, with origins in Galilee; springs in the vicinity of Megiddo; and wadis from the Carmel range. The Kishon is ca. 35 km. (23 mi.) long. During the winter months it presented a formidable barrier in the midst of the Great Plain.

The Kishon was the scene of the defeat of Sisera by the armies of Deborah and Barak (Judg. 4:7, 13). The exact place of the decisive battle is unknown. The vicinity of “Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo” (Judg. 5:19) may refer to the confluence of the various wadis feeding the Kishon. Deborah and Barak engaged Sisera after a rain when the Kishon was in flood, reducing the advantage of Sisera’s chariots and bogging down his army (Judg. 5:21). The Israelite victory was remembered in later times as evidence of God’s protection (Ps. 83:9[MT 10]).

The Kishon was the scene of Elijah’s execution of the prophets of Baal following the contest on Mt. Carmel (1 Kgs. 18:40).

Stephen Von Wyrick

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KISHON

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)