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JEZREEL (Heb. " God sows ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 411 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JEZREEL (Heb. " See also:God sows ")  , the See also:capital of the Israelite See also:monarchy under See also:Ahab, and the See also:scene of stirring Biblical events (1 Sam. See also:xxix . 1; 1 See also:Kings xxi.; 2 Kings ix . 21—37) . The name was also applied to the See also:great See also:plain (Esdraelon) dominated by the See also:city (" valley of See also:Jezreel," Josh. xvii . 16, &c.) . The site has never been lost, and the See also:present See also:village Zercin retains the name radically unchanged . In See also:Greek (e.g . See also:Judith) the name appears under the See also:form'Eabpa17X&; it is Stradela in the See also:Bordeaux See also:Pilgrim, and to the Crusaders the See also:place was known as Parvum Gerinum . The See also:modern See also:stone village stands on a See also:bare rocky knoll, 5ooft. above the broad See also:northern valley, at the See also:north extremity of a See also:long ledge, terminating in steep cliffs, forming See also:part of the See also:chain of Mt Gilboa . The buildings are modern, but some scanty remains of See also:rock-hewn See also:wine presses and a few scattered sarcophagi See also:mark the antiquity of the site . The view over the plains is See also:fine and extensive . It is vain now to look for Ahab's See also:palace or Naboth's vineyard .

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fountain mentioned in I Sam. xxix . I is perhaps the fine See also:spring `See also:Ain el Meiyyita, north of the village, a shallow See also:pool of See also:good See also:water full of small See also:fish, rising between See also:black See also:basalt boulders: or more probably the copious `Ain Jalud . A second city named Jezreel See also:lay in the See also:hill See also:country of See also:Judah, somewhere near See also:Hebron (Josh. xv . 56) . This was the native place of See also:David's wife Abinoam (I Sam . )0xv..43) . See, for an excellent description of the scenery and See also:history of the Israelite Jezreel, G . A . See also:Smith, Hist . Geog. xix .

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