Toponym Kishon in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: hard; sore. Related names are: Sisera, Harosheth, Dabareh . The translations of Kishon in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Ki-Sôn in Vietnamese to Kison in Indonesian!
Wear it!And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, (JOS 21:28)
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. (JDG 4:7)
And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. (JDG 4:13)
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. (JDG 5:21)
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. (JDG 5:21)
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. (1KI 18:40)