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• JezreelBible

  Jezreel is a Hebrew place name meaning "God sows." It refers to a city in the northern kingdom of Israel and to the broad valley around it. The city held a royal palace of the house of Ahab and was the setting of the revolt led by Jehu. Jezreel is also the name of a son of the prophet Hosea.

• Jezreel ValleyBible

  The Jezreel Valley is a broad plain in northern Israel between the hill country of Galilee and the hill country of Samaria. It is the setting for the stories of Gideon, Saul, Ahab, and Jehu, and in the Book of Hosea it becomes a symbol of both judgment and restoration.

• NabothPeople

  Naboth was a Jezreelite who appears in 1 Kings 21. He refused to sell his ancestral vineyard to King Ahab and, through a scheme devised by Jezebel, was falsely accused and stoned to death.

• Naboth's VineyardBible

  Naboth's vineyard is the episode in which King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and his queen, Jezebel, had Naboth the Jezreelite put to death through a false trial in order to seize his vineyard. The account appears in 1 Kings 21.

• AhinoamPeople

  Ahinoam was a wife of David and the mother of Amnon, David's firstborn son. Scripture also mentions a wife of King Saul who bore the same name.

• Kishon RiverBible

  The Kishon River flows through the Jezreel Valley and empties into the Mediterranean Sea north of Mount Carmel. In the Bible it appears as the place where the judge Deborah and Barak defeated the army of Sisera, and where Elijah put the prophets of Baal to death.

• MegiddoBible

  Megiddo was an ancient city on the edge of the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel. The Old Testament presents it as the site of several battles, and the name "Armageddon" in Revelation 16:16 is commonly understood to derive from it.

• Brook KishonBible

  The Brook Kishon is a stream that flows through the Jezreel Valley and along the foot of Mount Carmel into the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible it appears as the place where Deborah and Barak defeated the army of Sisera and where Elijah executed the prophets of Baal.

• ShunemBible

  Shunem was a town of the tribe of Issachar in the Jezreel Valley. It is known as the hometown of the Shunammite woman who hosted Elisha and of Abishag, who attended David.

• Hill of MorehBible

  The hill of Moreh is a hill in the Jezreel Valley mentioned in Judges 7:1. When Gideon fought the Midianite army, the Midianites encamped in the valley by this hill.

• Mount GilboaBible

  Mount Gilboa is a mountain ridge southeast of the Jezreel Valley. The Bible records it as the place where King Saul and his sons, including Jonathan, died fighting the Philistines.

• TaanachBible

  Taanach was a Canaanite city on the southern edge of the Jezreel Valley, near Megiddo. In Joshua and Judges it appears as a city of the tribe of Manasseh and as a battlefield in the Song of Deborah.

• Beth-shanBible

  Beth-shan was a Canaanite city located where the Jezreel Valley meets the Jordan Valley. It is known as the place where the Philistines fastened the body of Saul to the city wall, and in New Testament times it was one of the cities of the Decapolis.

• EndorBible

  Endor was an ancient town east of the Jezreel Valley. It is known as the place where King Saul sought out a woman with a familiar spirit before his final battle against the Philistines.

• Mount TaborBible

  Mount Tabor is a mountain in the Galilee region of northern Israel, rising northeast of the Jezreel Valley. In the Old Testament it appears as the battleground of Deborah and Barak, and church tradition has long identified it as the Mount of Transfiguration.

• Joram (King of Israel)People

  Joram was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel who appears in 2 Kings in the Old Testament. He was the son of Ahab and Jezebel. He was killed by Jehu at Jezreel, and his death ended the reign of the house of Ahab.

• 1 Kings 21Bible

  Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, and his queen Jezebel have Naboth the Jezreelite put to death on false charges and seize his vineyard. Elijah pronounces judgment on the house of Ahab, and when Ahab humbles himself, the calamity is deferred to his son's days.

• AmnonPeople

  Amnon was the firstborn son of David, an Old Testament figure who raped his half-sister Tamar and was killed two years later by her full brother Absalom. His story is told in 2 Samuel 13.

• MephiboshethPeople

  Mephibosheth, the grandson of King Saul and the son of Jonathan, became lame in both feet as a child. He appears in 2 Samuel and is best known for the account in which David, remembering his covenant with Jonathan, received him at the king's table.