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Kishon

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Kishon (kī`shŏn) [Heb. Qishon=tortuous], intermittent river, c.45 mi (70 km) long, rising below Mt. Gilboa, N Israel, and flowing NW to the Mediterranean Sea near Haifa; only the lower 7-mi (11.3-km) section is a permanent stream. In the Bible, the defeat of Sisera and the slaying by Elijah of the prophets of Baal occurred on the river bank; an alternate spelling is Kison.


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2003) on increased risk for cancer in naval commando divers in the Kishon River in Israel, there are three systematic errors in estimating the degree of exposure to environmental water contaminants (their Table 3).
10)Do to them as You did to Midian, to Sisera and Yavin at the stream of Kishon.
Filmmaker/playwright Ephraim Kishon, the first Israeli nominated for an Academy Award, will accept the Visionary Award.
 
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