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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49097" /> ==

<p> <strong> [[Abel-Meholah]] </strong> (‘meadow of the dance <em> or </em> circle’). A place in the [[Jordan]] valley, the limit of Gideon’s pursuit of the [[Midianites]] (&nbsp; Judges 7:22 ); in the administrative district of [[Taanach]] and [[Megiddo]] under [[Solomon]] (&nbsp; 1 Kings 4:12 ); the native place of Adriel, husband of Merab, Saul’s daughter (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 18:19 ), and of [[Elisha]] (&nbsp; 1 Kings 19:16 ). The suggested identifications are uncertain. See Moore’s <em> Judges </em> , p. 212. </p> <p> R. A. S. Macalister. </p>

<p> ("the plain of the dance".) The birthplace of Elisha, where he was found at his plow by [[Elijah]] returning up the Jordan valley from [[Horeb]] (&nbsp;1 Kings 19:16). N. of the Jordan valley, S. of [[Bethshean]] (Scythopolis) (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:12). To its neighborhood fled the Midianites routed by [[Gideon]] (&nbsp;Judges 7:22). It pertained to the half tribe of Manasseh. </p>

<p> '''Abel-Meholah''' ( ''Â'Bel-Me-Hô'Lah'' ), ''Meadow Of The Dance.'' &nbsp;Judges 7:22. A town in the plain of Jordan, distinguished as the home of Elisha. &nbsp;1 Kings 4:12; &nbsp;1 Kings 19:16. </p>

&nbsp;Judges 7:22&nbsp;1 Kings 4:12&nbsp;1 Kings 19:16

<p> The mourning of sickness. (&nbsp;Judges 7:22.) </p>

== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30214" /> ==

&nbsp;1 Kings 4:12&nbsp;1 Kings 19:16

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17093" /> ==

<p> (Heb. Abel' Mecholah', '''''מְחוֹלָה''''' '''''אָבֵל''''' , ''Meadow Of Dancing;'' Sept. '''''Ἀβελμεουλά''''' and '''''Ἀβελμαουλά''''' , Vul. ''Abelmehula'' and ''Abelneuel),'' a place not far from the Jordan, on the confines of [[Issachar]] and Manasseh, in the vicinity of Beth-shittah, Zeredah, and Tabbath, whither Gideon's three hundred picked men pursued the routed Midianites (&nbsp;Judges 7:22). It was the birthplace or residence of Elisha the prophet (&nbsp;1 Kings 19:16), and lay not far from Beth-shean (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:12); according to [[Eusebius]] ''(Onomast. '''''Βηθμαελά''''' ),'' in the plain of the Jordan, 16 (Jerome 10) Roman miles south, probably the same with the village ''Abelmea'' mentioned by [[Jerome]] ''(Ibid.'' Eusebius less correctly '''''Ἀβὲλ''''' '''''Νεά''''' ) as situated between [[Scythopolis]] (Bethshean) and [[Neapolis]] (Shechem). It is also alluded to by [[Epiphanius]] (whose text has inaccurately '''''Ἀβελμούδ''''' v. ''R. '''''Ἀμεμουήλ''''' ,'' and wrongly locates it in the tribe of Reuben), and (as '''''Ἀβελμαούλ''''' ) in the ''Pas(Kal Chronicle'' (see Reland, ''Palest.'' p. 522). It was probably situated not far from where the [[Wady]] el-Maleh (which seems to retain a trace of the name) emerges into the Aulon or valley of the Jordan; perhaps at the ruins now called ''Khurbet Esh-Skul','' which are on an undulating plain beside a stream (Van de Velde, Narrative. 2:340). This appears to agree with the conjectural location assigned by Schwarz (Palest. p. 159), although the places he names do not occur on any map. </p> <p> [[Addendum From Volume]] 11: </p> <p> Tristram conjectures this to be "a spot now called Sher-habiel, a trace of the name lingering in the neighboring Wady Maleh" (Bible Places p. 229);. while Lieut. Conder locates it at "a place now called [[Ain]] Helweh, in the Jordan valley, to which the direct road led past [[Shunem]] down the valley of Jezreel' (Tent Work, 1, 124). </p>

<p> ''''' ā´bel ''''' - ''''' mē̇ ''''' - ''''' hō´lah ''''' ( אבל מחולה , <i> ''''' 'ābhēl meḥōlāh ''''' </i> , "meadow of dancing"): The residence of Elisha the prophet (&nbsp;1 Kings 19:16 ). When Gideon and his 300 broke their pitchers in the camp of Midian, the Midianites in their first panic fled down the valley of [[Jezreel]] and the Jordan "toward Zererah" (&nbsp;Judges 7:22 ). [[Zererah]] (Zeredah) is [[Zarethan]] (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 4:17; compare &nbsp;1 Kings 7:46 ), separated from [[Succoth]] by the clay ground where Solomon made castings for the temple. The wing of the Midianites whom Gideon pursued crossed the Jordan at Succoth (&nbsp;Judges 8:4 ). This would indicate that Abel-meholah was thought of as a tract of country with a "border," West of the Jordan, some miles South of Beth-shean, in the territory either of Issachar or West Manasseh. </p> <p> Abel-meholah is also mentioned in connection with the jurisdiction of Baana, one of Solomon's twelve commissary officers (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:12 ) as below Jezreel, with Beth-shean and Zarethan in the same list. </p> <p> Jerome and Eusebius speak of Abel-meholah as a tract of country and a town in the Jordan valley, about ten Roman miles South of Beth-shean. At just that point the name seems to be perpetuated in that of the Wady Malib, and Abel-meholah is commonly located near where that Wady, or the neighboring Wady Helweh, comes down into the Jordan valley. </p> <p> Presumably [[Adriel]] the [[Meholathite]] (&nbsp;1 Samuel 18:19; &nbsp;2 Samuel 21:8 ) was a resident of Abel-meholah. </p>

<p> Abel-Mea </p> <p> A´bel-Meho´lah, or Abel-Mea (Place of the dance), a town supposed to have stood near the Jordan, and some miles (Eusebius says ten) to the south of [[Bethshan]] or Scythopolis (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:12). It is remarkable in connection with Gideon's victory over the Midianites (&nbsp;Judges 7:22), and as the birth-place of Elisha (&nbsp;1 Kings 19:16). </p>

<ref name="term_49097"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/abel-meholah Abel-Meholah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

<ref name="term_30214"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/abel-meholah Abel-Meholah from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_17093"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/abel-meholah Abel-Meholah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>