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Jezreel
   

In the Bible:
Jos.19:18,
Jezreel is in Issachar;
1 Kg.18:45-46
, Elijah outran Ahab’s chariot from Mt. Carmel to Jezreel;
1 Kg.21:1-24
, Naboth lost his life and his vineyard in Jezreel to Ahab;
2 Kg.8:28-29,;9:14-37
, Jehu drove his chariot to Jezreel from the Jordan Valley and killed the King of Israel, the king of Judah (Jehoram) and the Queen Mother (Jezebel);
2 Kg.19:1-11; Hosea 1:4,
Jehu killed all Ahab’s descendants at Jezreel and the prophet Hosea condemned him.

Jezreel Map

On the northwest edge of Mount Gilboa, Jezreel overlooks the Valley that took its name. Built as a fortress in Omri’s day in the 800’s BC, King Ahab had a palace in Jezreel and some believe it was a cavalry base for King Ahab’s military. A view from the city and its postion helped command the highway through the Jezreel Valley from Megiddo and Beth Shean. It was a small village in the early Bronze Age (2700 BC). In 1987 a bulldozer accidentally uncovered ancient structures and David Ussishkin and John Woodhead led the excavation from 1990-1996. They uncov ered four towers and a casemate wall around the fortress built with ashlars and boulders. The fortress covered 11 acres and was surrounded by a 20 ft. deep moat on 3 sides.

 

 
   
   
   
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