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merom


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Merom,  IN  (town,  FIPS  48474) 
  Location:  39.05687  N,  87.56785  W 
  Population  (1990):  257  (141  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.1  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  47861 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Merom 
  height,  a  lake  in  Northern  Palestine  through  which  the  Jordan 
  flows.  It  was  the  scene  of  the  third  and  last  great  victory 
  gained  by  Joshua  over  the  Canaanites  (Josh.  11:5-7).  It  is  not 
  again  mentioned  in  Scripture.  Its  modern  name  is  Bakrat 
  el-Huleh.  "The  Ard  el-Huleh,  the  centre  of  which  the  lake 
  occupies,  is  a  nearly  level  plain  of  16  miles  in  length  from 
  north  to  south,  and  its  breadth  from  east  to  west  is  from  7  to  8 
  miles.  On  the  west  it  is  walled  in  by  the  steep  and  lofty  range 
  of  the  hills  of  Kedesh-Naphtali;  on  the  east  it  is  bounded  by 
  the  lower  and  more  gradually  ascending  slopes  of  Bashan;  on  the 
  north  it  is  shut  in  by  a  line  of  hills  hummocky  and  irregular  in 
  shape  and  of  no  great  height,  and  stretching  across  from  the 
  mountains  of  Naphtali  to  the  roots  of  Mount  Hermon,  which  towers 
  up  at  the  north-eastern  angle  of  the  plain  to  a  height  of  10,000 
  feet.  At  its  southern  extremity  the  plain  is  similarly  traversed 
  by  elevated  and  broken  ground,  through  which  by  deep  and  narrow 
  clefts,  the  Jordan,  after  passing  through  Lake  Huleh,  makes  its 
  rapid  descent  to  the  Sea  of  Galilee." 
 
  The  lake  is  triangular  in  form  about  4  1/2  miles  in  length  by 
  3  1/2  at  its  greatest  breadth.  Its  surface  is  7  feet  above  that 
  of  the  Mediterranean.  It  is  surrounded  by  a  morass,  which  is 
  thickly  covered  with  canes  and  papyrus  reeds,  which  are 
  impenetrable.  Macgregor  with  his  canoe,  the  Rob  Roy,  was  the 
  first  that  ever,  in  modern  times,  sailed  on  its  waters.  (See  {JORDAN}.) 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Merom,  eminences;  elevations