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1. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Kishon
   winding, a winter torrent of Central Palestine, which rises
   about the roots of Tabor and Gilboa, and passing in a northerly
   direction through the plains of Esdraelon and Acre, falls into
   the Mediterranean at the north-eastern corner of the bay of
   Acre, at the foot of Carmel. It is the drain by which the waters
   of the plain of Esdraelon and of the mountains that surround it
   find their way to the sea. It bears the modern name of Nahr
   el-Mokattah, i.e., "the river of slaughter" (comp. 1 Kings
   18:40). In the triumphal song of Deborah (Judg. 5:21) it is
   spoken of as "that ancient river," either (1) because it had
   flowed on for ages, or (2), according to the Targum, because it
   was "the torrent in which were shown signs and wonders to Israel
   of old;" or (3) probably the reference is to the exploits in
   that region among the ancient Canaanites, for the adjoining
   plain of Esdraelon was the great battle-field of Palestine.
   
     This was the scene of the defeat of Sisera (Judg. 4:7, 13),
   and of the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah (1
   Kings 18:40). "When the Kishon was at its height, it would be,
   partly on account of its quicksands, as impassable as the ocean
   itself to a retreating army." (See DEBORAH.)
   

2. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Kishon, hard; sore


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