Kishon

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Kishon
     winding, a winter torrent of Central Palestine, which rises
     about the roots of Tabor and Gilboa, and passing in a northerly
     direction through the plains of Esdraelon and Acre, falls into
     the Mediterranean at the north-eastern corner of the bay of
     Acre, at the foot of Carmel. It is the drain by which the waters


     of the plain of Esdraelon and of the mountains that surround it
     find their way to the sea. It bears the modern name of Nahr
     el-Mokattah, i.e., "the river of slaughter" (comp. 1 Kings
     18:40). In the triumphal song of Deborah (Judg. 5:21) it is
     spoken of as "that ancient river," either (1) because it had
     flowed on for ages, or (2), according to the Targum, because it
     was "the torrent in which were shown signs and wonders to Israel
     of old;" or (3) probably the reference is to the exploits in
     that region among the ancient Canaanites, for the adjoining
     plain of Esdraelon was the great battle-field of Palestine.
     
       This was the scene of the defeat of Sisera (Judg. 4:7, 13),
     and of the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah (1
     Kings 18:40). "When the Kishon was at its height, it would be,
     partly on account of its quicksands, as impassable as the ocean
     itself to a retreating army." (See {DEBORAH}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Kishon, hard; sore