Merome

MEROME. Mention is made of the Countrey, or, according to the Hebrew, of the Fields of Merome, in the Book of Jud. v. 13. Heb. & Vulg.Judges. ‘Tis there said that Zebulun and Naphtali exposed their Lives to great Danger in the Fields of Merome. [in the high Places of the Field, in our English Translation.] ‘Tis thought that Merome is the same as Merom mentioned by Joshua, when he says that Jabin, and the Kings of the Canaanites in Confederacy with him, were overcome at the Waters of Merom. The greatest Part of the Commentators believe, that these Waters of Merom are no other than the Lake of Semechon in the higher Galilee. Josephus has given Occasion to this Opinion, when he says that the City of Hazor, where Jabin reigned, was upon the Lake Semechon. But he says not that the Canaanites were overcome near Hazor, or near the Lake Semechon; for he says on the contrary, that this Battle was fought at the Foot of Mount Tabor, agreeably to the Text of Scripture. But Tabor is very far from the Lake Semechon. So we rather chuse to believe that the Waters of Merom were at the Foot of Mount Carmel, near to Taanach, Legio, and Megiddo. See the Commentary upon Judges v. 18, and the foregoing of Merom.

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