Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
, “Har-Magedon”), as symbolically designating the place where the “battle of that great day of God Almighty” (ver. 14) shall be fought. ” It is the scene of the final conflict between Christ and Antichrist. ).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(the hill or city of Megiddo). (Revelation 16:16) The scene of the struggle of good and evil is suggested by that battle-field, the plain of Esdraelon, which was famous for two great victories, of Barak over the Canaanites and of Gideon over the Midianites; and for two great disasters, the deaths of Saul and Josiah. Hence it signifies in Revelation a place of great slaughter, the scene of a terrible retribution upon the wicked. e.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
hill of fruits; mountain of Megiddo
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