ABEL MEHOLAH [A bell me HOE lah] (meadow of dancing) — a town east of the Jordan River in the hill country of Gilead. It was the residence (and perhaps also the birthplace) of Elisha the prophet (1 Kin. 4:12; 19:16). In 1943, archaeologist Nelson Glueck identified Abel Meholah with Tell el–Maqlub, by the Wadi el–Yabis.