meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and

residence of the prophet Elisha, not far from Beth-shean (1

Kings 4:12), in the tribe of Issachar, near where the Wady

el-Maleh emerges into the valley of the Jordan, "the rich

meadow-land which extends about 4 miles south of Beth-shean;

moist and luxuriant." Here Elisha was found at his plough by

Elijah on his return up the Jordan valley from Horeb (1 Kings

19:16). It is now called 'Ain Helweh.