Editing Abel-meholah (section)

==Mentions in the Bible==
When [[Gideon]] defeated the [[Midian]]ites, some of them fled "as far as the border of Abel-meholah" ({{Bibleverse|Judges|7:22}}). The text indicates that Abel-meholah was seen as a region with a defined border, west of the Jordan River and south of Beit-She'an.

Abel-meholah is mentioned the [[Books of Kings|Book of Kings]] under the description of [[Solomon|King Solomon]]'s administration. Among Solomon's twelve governors, there is one Baana who is put in charge of several districts including the area "from Beth-She'an to Abel-meholah" ({{Bibleverse|1 Kings|4:12}}).

Later in the Book of Kings, [[Elijah]], who had fled fearing Queen [[Jezebel]]'s wrath, is ordered by God at [[Mount Horeb]] to go back along the [[Jordan Valley (Middle East)|Jordan valley]] and "anoint [[Elisha]] son of [[Shaphat]] from Abel-meholah" to succeed him as prophet ({{Bibleverse|1 Kings|19:16}}).

Adriel the Meholathite, the son-in-law of [[King Saul]], was probably named after Abel-meholah ({{Bibleverse|1 Samuel|18:19}}, {{Bibleverse|2 Samuel|21:8}}).<ref>{{cite book | editor=James_Orr | editor-link=James Orr (theologian) | title=[[International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]]}}</ref>