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- ↑ "Merom". Bible Study Tools. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ W. Randall Garr (October 2021). "Reflexivity: The Cases of the Niphal and Hithpael". Journal of Near Eastern Studies . 80 (2). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
מי אל יחדו ויחנו ויבאו האלה המלכים כל ויוָעדו ישראל עם להלחם All these kings met up, came, and camped together at the waters of Merom to battle against Israel (Josh 11:5).
- ↑ "Merom". Bible Hub. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ William Gover (1890). "The Waters of Merom". Palestine Exploration Quarterly . 22 (1): 50–54. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ↑ E. A. Finn (1890). "Mosaic and Embroidery in the Old Testament; Sun-Birds; Nehemiah's Wall; The Stone Mounds on the Rephaim Plains; The Waters of Merom; The Tsinnor; Irrigation and Water Supply in Palestine". Palestine Exploration Quarterly . 80 (3): 189–199. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ↑ Gal, Zvi (1988). "The Late Bronze Age in Galilee: A Reassessment". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (272): 79–84 [81]. doi:10.2307/1356788. JSTOR 1356788 . Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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