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Megiddo
& the battle of Armageddon
Megiddo lies at the head of a mountain pass at the western
end of the valley of Jezreel. It has a history that spans more than 3500
years. It was destroyed and rebuilt more than 20 times on the same spot.
In the New Testament Book of Revelation (16:14-16) it is marked as the
site of the last great battle of the world: Armageddon (derrived from the
Hebrew for Har Megiddo). King Solomon fortied the city in the 10th
century BC (1 Kings 9:15). The ancient water system dating from the
time of King Ahab (9th century BC) is still preserved to this day.
It consists of a large shaft sunk through the rock to a depth of 120 feet,
where it meets a tunnel cut through for a distance of 215 feet to a spring
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Tunnel cut through rock leading to spring
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