Waters of Merom

Spring

Location disputed En Meron: about 140 km (85 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • En Meron Less likely
  • Birket Hafour el Ahmar Less likely
  • Bint Jbeil water storage Less likely
  • Nahal Arbel Less likely
  • Nahal Amud Less likely

The Conquest of Canaan

Named in 2 Verses

  • Joshua 11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
  • Joshua 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.

Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.