Armageddon
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| Type | mountain and river and settlement and valley |
|---|---|
| Also called | Har-Magedon, Harmagedon |
| Most likely | another name for Megiddo (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 32.585° N, 35.184° E |
| Mentioned in | 1 verse |
| First mention | Revelation 16:16 |
Armageddon is a mountain and river and settlement and valley named in 1 verse of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Megiddo (medium confidence; 6 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Megiddo | medium (56%) | 32.585° N, 35.184° E |
| not a proper name (symbolic) | low (23%) | — |
| another name for Mount Carmel | very low (11%) | 32.672° N, 35.023° E |
| another name for the Valley of Jezreel | very low (8%) | 32.596° N, 35.242° E |
| another name for Jerusalem | very low (3%) | 31.777° N, 35.234° E |
| another name for the Euphrates | very low (1%) | 31.004° N, 47.442° E |
| another name for the Valley of Jehoshaphat | very low (1%) | 31.780° N, 35.240° E |
Verses
Revelation
- Revelation 16:16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.