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[[Meadow (EBD)|Meadow]] of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and residence of the [[Prophet (EBD)|prophet ]] [[Elisha(EBD)|Elisha]], not far from [[Beth-shean (EBD)|Beth-shean ]] (1 Kings 4:12), in the [[Tribe (EBD)|tribe ]] of [[Issachar(EBD)|Issachar]], near where the Wady el-Maleh emerges into the valley of the [[Jordan(EBD)|Jordon]], "the rich meadow-land which extends about 4 miles south of Beth-shean; moist and luxuriant." Here Elisha was found at his plough by [[Elijah (EBD)|Elijah]] on his return up the Jordan valley from [[Horeb (EBD)|Horeb ]] (1 Kings 19:16). It is now called `Ain Helweh.
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