Professor Graham Davies writes in his book Cities of the Biblical World ​ — Megiddo: “The city of Megiddo... was easily accessible to traders and migrants from all directions; but at the same time it could, if powerful enough, control access by means of these routes and so direct the course of both trade and war.
એ જ સમયે જો આ શહેર એટલું શક્તિશાળી હોત, તો શહેરમાં જતા રસ્તાઓ પર ચોકી રાખી શકત.