מְגִדּוֹ

Joshua 12:21 מְגִדּ֖וֹ Megiddo

the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

Joshua 17:11 מְגִדּ֖וֹ Megiddo

Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.

Here: The most strategic city in the land. It guarded the pass where the coastal highway crossed the Carmel ridge into the Jezreel Valley. Its king, Biridiya, appears in the Amarna letters (14th century BC).

Judges 1:27 מְגִדּ֖וֹ Megiddo

At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

Here: The great fortress commanding the main pass from the coast road into the Jezreel Valley. Ending the list here gives it weight, because this was one of the most strategic cities in the land.

Judges 5:19 מְגִדּ֑וֹ Megiddo

Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

Here: "Megiddo" was the great fortress guarding the main pass into the Jezreel Valley, and already a famous battlefield. Naming it gives the fight the weight of a classic clash of armies.

1 Kings 4:12 וּמְגִדּ֑וֹ and Megiddo

Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

1 Kings 9:15 מְגִדּ֖וֹ Megiddo

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Here: Fortress controlling the pass where the main coastal highway crosses into the Jezreel Valley. It was one of the most strategic spots in the land.

2 Kings 9:27 מְגִדּ֖וֹ Megiddo

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

2 Kings 23:29 בִּמְגִדּ֔וֹ at Megiddo

During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

Here: A fortress city guarding the main pass from the coast road into the Jezreel Valley. It was the classic choke point where armies moving between Egypt and Mesopotamia met.

2 Kings 23:30 מִמְּגִדּ֔וֹ from Megiddo

From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

1 Chronicles 7:29 מְגִדּ֥וֹ Megiddo

And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

2 Chronicles 35:22 מְגִדּֽוֹ׃ Megiddo

Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.

Zechariah 12:11 מְגִדּֽוֹן׃ Megiddo

On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.