MEGIDDO, (Judges v. 19.) A town of Galilee, recited (Joshua xvii. 11.) among the cities of Manasseh, in the tribe of Issachar or Asser, on the west side of Jordan. Famous for the fate of Ahaziah and Josiah, who perished there: near it was an open plain, fit for drawing up an army in battle-array. It was situate to the north, contrary to its position in the common maps. The Canaanites being tributary to the Israelites, dwelt in it, Joshua xvii. It was rebuilt by Solomon, 1 Kings ix.