Editing Tel Megiddo (section)

==Etymology==
Megiddo was known in the [[Akkadian language]] used in [[Assyria]] as Magiddu, Magaddu. In [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]], it was Maketi, Makitu, and Makedo. In the Canaanite-influenced Akkadian used in the [[Amarna letters]], it was known as Magidda and Makida. It was {{langx|grc-x-koine|Μαγεδών/Μαγεδδώ}}, ''Magedón/Mageddó'' in the [[Septuagint]];{{efn|{{cite web |title=Ἰησοῦς τοῦ Ναυὴ - Κεφάλαιο 12 - Joshua - The Septuagint: LXX |url=https://www.septuagint.bible/joshua/-/asset_publisher/TKUcY6iZbwnU/content/iesous-tou-naue-kephalaio-12?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.septuagint.bible%2Fjoshua%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_TKUcY6iZbwnU%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_pos%3D1%26p_p_col_count%3D2 |website=www.septuagint.bible |quote="βασιλέα ''Μαγεδών'' "The king of Magedón"}}; {{cite web |title=Ἰησοῦς τοῦ Ναυὴ - Κεφάλαιο 17 - Joshua - The Septuagint: LXX |url=https://www.septuagint.bible/joshua/-/asset_publisher/TKUcY6iZbwnU/content/iesous-tou-naue-kephalaio-17?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.septuagint.bible%2Fjoshua%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_TKUcY6iZbwnU%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_pos%3D1%26p_p_col_count%3D2 |website=www.septuagint.bible |quote="καὶ ἔσται Μανασσῆ ἐν ᾿Ισσάχαρ καὶ ἐν ᾿Ασὴρ Βαιθσὰν καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Δὼρ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς, καὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας '''Μαγεδδώ''', καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς..." ("And Manasses shall have Issachar and Aser Baethsan and their villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, and its villages, and the inhabitants of '''Mageddó''' and its villages..."}}; {{cite web |title=Κτριταὶ - Κεφάλαιο 5 - Judges - The Septuagint: LXX |url=https://www.septuagint.bible/judges/-/asset_publisher/TKUcY6iZbwnU/content/ktritai-kephalaio-5?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.septuagint.bible%2Fjudges%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_TKUcY6iZbwnU%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_m |website=www.septuagint.bible |quote="ἦλθον αὐτῶν βασιλεῖς, παρετάξαντο, τότε ἐπολέμησαν βασιλεῖς Χαναὰν ἐν Θαναὰχ ἐπὶ ὕδατι '''Μαγεδδώ'''." "Kings set themselves in array, then the kings of Chanaan fought in Thanaach at the water of '''Mageddó'''."}}; {{cite web |title=Judges 5 - LXX |url=https://www.biblestudytools.com/lxx/judges/5.html |website=Bible Study Tools |language=en}}}} {{langx|la|Mageddo|links=no}} in the [[Vulgate]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ministry |first1=TruthBeTold |title=English Latin Bible: Basic English 1949 - Biblia Sacra Vulgata 405 |date=18 August 2017 |publisher=TruthBeTold Ministry |isbn=978-82-8381-038-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xaWUDwAAQBAJ&dq=mageddo+in+latin+bible&pg=PT1807 |language=en|quote="...et abiit Iosias rex in occursum eius et occisus est in Mageddo cum vidisset eum..."}}</ref>

The [[Book of Revelation]] describes an [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] battle at [[Armageddon]] in [[Revelation 16]]:16: {{langx|grc-x-koine|Ἁρμαγεδών|Harmagedōn}}, a [[transliteration]] of the Hebrew ''Har Megiddo'' "Mount Megiddo".<ref>[https://megiddoexpedition.wordpress.com/introducing-megiddo/ Introducing Megiddo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810213508/https://megiddoexpedition.wordpress.com/introducing-megiddo/ |date=10 August 2020 }}, in ''Megiddo Expedition'', retrieved on 25 March 2020: "In the New Testament it appears as Armageddon (a Greek corruption of the Hebrew Har [=Mount] Megiddo), location of the millennial battle between the forces of good and evil[.]"</ref> From this appearance in a well-known [[eschatology|eschatological]] text, the term "Armageddon" has come to signify any world-ending catastrophe.{{efn|<ref>{{cite web |title=Megiddo |url=https://www.touristisrael.com/megiddo/9448/ |website=TouristIsrael |date=23 January 2013 |quote=For Christians the word Megiddo is synonymous with the end of the world as mentioned in the Book of Revelation, Megiddo or Armageddon as it is also known will be the site of the Final Battle.}}</ref>}}