Abel-meholah - meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and
residence of the prophet
Elisha, not far from
Beth-shean[?] (1
Kings 4:12), in the tribe of Issachar, near where the Wady
el-Maleh emerges into the valley of the
Jordan, "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 on his return up the
Jordan valley from
Horeb[?] (1 Kings
19:16). It is now called 'Ain Helweh.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)