Megiddo
Valley of Jezreel
(Or Armageddon)

Judg 6:33 (KJS) Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the Valley of Jezreel.
34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a
trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.

Reve 16:14 (KJS) For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, [which] go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

Above: Megiddo looking towards the valley of Armageddon

Above Map showing from Hafia location of the Valley of Jezreel. Just to the East is Nazareth

From Holman's Dictionary

MEGIDDO (Mih gihd' doh) Place name perhaps meaning, “place of troops.” One of the most strategic cities of Canaan since it guarded the main pass through the Carmel mountain range. This range was an obstacle along the international coastal highway which connected Egypt with Mesopotamia and even further destinations. Identified with current tell el-Mutesellim, Megiddo had approximately twenty-five different eras of occupation during its life from the fourth millennium to the time of the Persian Empire. The city was very active while under Egyptian authority from the time of the patriarchs through to the judges (2000-1100 B.C.), but this golden age came to an end about 1125 B.C. when it was destroyed.

Easton's Dict. [megiddo] # 2463
Megiddo place of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites

Belonged to the tribe of Manasseh
Josh 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

But does not seem to have been fully occupied by the Israelites till the time of Solomon
Judg 1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out [the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

1Kin 9:15 And this [is] the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

Right: Scale model of the Solomon temple built at Megiddo.

Left: Ruins of the Solomon temple at Megiddo

Tel-Aviv	Caesarea	Haifa	Megiddo	Nazareth	Beatitudes	Capernaum
Galilee	Jericho	Mt.Of Temptation	Jerusalem	Wailing Wall	Gethsemani	Golgotha

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Megiddo Valley of Jezreel (Or Armageddon)

Megiddo
Valley of Jezreel
(Or Armageddon)