How to Pronounce Kishon
KYE-shahn
Kishon is pronounced KYE-shahn (ˈkaɪʃɑn): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Kishon mean?
Kishon means “hard; sore”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Kishon?
The Kishon was a river in northern Israel where God routed Sisera and the army of Jabin; the river swept the enemy away, as sung in the Song of Deborah (Judges 5:21). Centuries later Elijah brought the prophets of Baal down to the brook Kishon and slew them there (1 Kings 18:40).
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