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CHAPTER 10: MEGIDDO BATTLE - 6 Trumpet

A battle of war follows the Second Coming of Christ to destroy evil in this world. Prior to the battle, four angels

bound in the Euphrates River are given authority to kill one-third of mankind on the earth. Both mankind and
God are ready to go to battle, which we will see in scripture. Remember, Christ has returned with His immortal
armies to do battle. The sixth angel announces this event with the blowing of a trumpet. Where is this battle
going to take place?

Battle Location
Revelation 16:15-16 “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and
keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”

16 And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon.”
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Ἁρμαγεδών Harmagedōn; Har-Magedon, a mountain of uncertain location:—Har-Magedon.

Is this the battlefield in the Old Testament that is mentioned here? This is the only site in Israel mentioned by
every great power in the ancient Near East. In the New Testament it appears as Armageddon which could be a
Greek corruption of the Hebrew word “Har” meaning Hill or Mount of Megiddo. This is the location of the pre-
millennial battle between the forces of good and evil. This battle will be executed in the fields that were used in
ancient times to conduct war. Let us take a look at a couple of these battles.

2 Kings 23:29 “In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river
Euphrates. And King Josiah went to meet him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw him he killed him at
Megiddo.”
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2 Chronicles 35:22 “However, Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to
make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to make
war on the plain of Megiddo.”
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ןוֹדִּגְמ Megiddon or וֹדִּגְמ Megiddo (151d); a place in Manasseh:—Megiddo
The Bible lists the king of Megiddo among the Canaanite rulers defeated by Joshua in his conquest of the land in
Joshua 12:21. In 1 Kings 9:15, King Solomon built Megiddo together with the cities of Hazor and Gezer. At that
time, the city had become the center of a royal province of the United Monarchy. In 1 Kings 11:40, the Egyptian
Pharaoh, Shishak, took Megiddo in the second half of the 10th century. His conquest of the city is affirmed by
his inscriptions in the Temple at Karnak, which is located at the site. In the 9th and 8th centuries BC the rulers
of the northern kingdom refitted the fortress even more elaborately than before. The palaces, water systems and
fortifications of Israelite Megiddo are among the most elaborate in that time. Will these ruins become a symbol
or reminder of war for the battle of Megiddo during the End Times?

148 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 16:15–16). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

149 Thomas, R. L. (1998). New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek dictionaries : Updated edition. Anaheim: Foundation
Publications, Inc.

150 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (2 Ki 23:29). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.
151 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (2 Ch 35:22). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

152 Thomas, R. L. (1998). New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek dictionaries : Updated edition. Anaheim: Foundation
Publications, Inc.