sea or lake

Waters of Merom

• Today En Meron
• Location disputed

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Battles and sieges

1. c. 1406 BCThe battle at the waters of Merom; Hazor burned Josh 11:1–11
   Israel under Joshua against Jabin king of Hazor and the kings of the north. The kings are routed and chased to Sidon; their horses houghed, their chariots burned; Hazor is taken and burned.

Verses (2)

Josh 11:5

And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

Josh 11:7

So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

King James Version