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Chanaanite city, called in Hebrew, Megiddo; in Sept., Mageddó(n); in Assyrian, Magiddu, Magaddu; in the Amarna tablets, Magidda and Makida; and in Egyptian, Maketi, Makitu, and Makedo.
Derivation. Gesenius (Thes., p. 265) derives from root GDD which is in Hithpahel-"collect in crowd" (Jer., v, 7), and from which gedud-"troop", is derived. Hence Megiddo-locus turmarum. Others derive from gdd-"cut", and compare with kekoptomenos of Sept. at Zach., xii, 11. This suggests a survival of the name in the NáhrulMúqáttá', the ancient Cison (cf. Smith, "Historical Geography of Holy Land", p. 387).
History
Mageddo, situated on the torrent Qina, on the east of the Plain of Esdraelon opposite Jezrahel, commanded the central of the three passes that join the plain with the seaboard. This pass, which offered the best and shortest route from Egypt and the south to Northern Syria, Phœ;necia, and Mesopotamia, was that commonly followed by the Assyrians, Egyptians, Philistines, Greeks, and Romans, and in modern times Napoleon's passage slightly to the north was feasible only because no Mageddo threatened his rear. The same route served for caravans from the days of the "Mohar, the Egyptian traveller" under Rameses II ("Records of the Past", II, 107 sq.; Max Müller, "Asien und Europa", 195 sq.) and of St. Paula, A.D. 382 ("Life" by St. Jerome, IV).
As the key to so important a pass, Mageddo must have been fortified long before the invasion of Thotmes I, about 1600 B.C.. Thotmes III after a vigorous forced march, defeated the Syrian princes rallied there under the prince of Cades, and on the following day they stormed the place, which he declared to be "worth a thousand cities". Traces of his assault are still visible on the ruins of the citadel (Müller, "Asien", 275; "Records", I, II, pp. 35- 47). On the arrival of the Israelites Mageddo had a king of its own; they slew him, but the town proving impregnable was later subjected to tribute (Jos., xii, 21; xvii, 12, Judges, i, 27-28). Though situated in the teritory of Issachar it was assigned to Manasses. The position chosen by Sisara for battle with Barac shows that Mageddo was friendly to him (Jud., v, 19). Solomon, who rebuilt the walls (III Kings, ix, 15; Jos., "Ant.", VIII, vi, 1) assigned this with other cities to Bana, the fifth of his governors (III Kings, iv, 12). In the fifth year of Roboam Mageddo was captured by Sesac (Shoshenq, I-XXII Dyn.), as seen from lists at Karnak (Maspero, "Histoire", II, 774; Winckler, "Geschichte Israels", I, 160, but cf. "Encyc. Bibl.", s. vv. "Egypt" and "Shishak"). Following IV Kings, ix, 27, Ochozias died at Mageddo (but contrast II Par., xxii, 9). Finally early in the seventh century Josias tried to bar near Mageddo the advance of the Pharao Nechao towards Mesopotamia and "was slain when he had seen him" (IV Kings, xxiii, 29-30; II Par., xxxv, 22; Jos., "Ant.", X, v, i; Max Müller, "Mittheil. d. Vorderas. Gesell.", III, 1898, p. 56; but against cf. Zimmern and Winckler, "Die Keilin. und A. T.", 105, who follow Herodotus, II, clix). The mourning for this calamity became proverbial (Zach., xii, 11). The warlike reputation of Mageddo is perhaps confirmed by Apoc., xvi, 16.
Identification
Mageddo is identical with TellelMútesellím at the extremity of a projecting ridge of Carmel, commanding the pass seawards, four miles west of Thanach (for connection of Mageddo and Thanach cf. Jos., xi, 21; xvii, 11; Jud., i, 27; v, 19; III Kings, iv, 12; I Par., vii, 29). The ruins of citadel, gates, and walls may date from 2500-2000 B.C. and are of extraordinary strength. At the foot of the Tell was the Roman fortress of Legio (sixth legion), now Lejjûn. St. Jerome implicitly identifies Legio with Mageddo, for he calls Esdraelon now Campus Legionis (P.L. XXIII, "De Situ et Nom.", s. v. "Arbela", "Gabathon", etc.), now Campus Mageddon (P.L., "In Zac.", xii). Yá'qût (tenth-eleventh cent.) expressly identifies them [Kítâb Mú'jám ílBúldân, Wüstenfeld (Leipzig, 1860), 351]. Lastly the stream at elLejjûn is still called "the source (Râs) of Cison" and perhaps is the "Waters of Mageddo" (Pal. Ex. Fund Memoirs, XI, 29; Jud., V, 19; PseudoJerome in P.L. XXIII, 1327).
For strategic position:-Smith, Historical Geography of the Holy Land, XIX (New York, 1908); Napoleon, Mémoires dictées par luimême: Guerre de l'Orient (Paris, 1847); Schumacher in Mitteilungen und Nachrichten des Deut. Paläst. Vereins (1903), 4-10. Identification.-Robinson, Biblical Researches, II (Boston, 1841), 329; Moore, Judges (Edinburgh, 1901), 45, 47; Breasted, Proceedings of Society of Bib. Archeology (1900, 95-98); Palestine Explor. Fund Quarterly (1880), 223 and pas.; Buhl, Geographie des Alten Palästina (Freiburg im Br., '99); Socin. Zeitsch. des Deut. Paläst. Vereins, IV, 150-151; Schlatter, Zur Topographie und Geschichte Palästinas, 295-299. Elsewhere:-Räumer, Palästina, 446-448 (4th ed.); Maps of Mari Sanuto in Zeitschr. des D. Paläst. Vereins (1891, 1895, 1898). For excavations at Tell elMútesellím:-Schumacher, Tell elMútesellím, I (Leipzig, 1908).
J. A. Hartigan.