merom

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}.)
    

Merom, eminences; elevations
    

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
    

Merom, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
   Population (2000):    294
   Housing Units (2000): 135
   Land area (2000):     0.361319 sq. miles (0.935812 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.361319 sq. miles (0.935812 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            48474
   Located within:       Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
   Location:             39.056950 N, 87.566573 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     47861
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Merom, IN
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