Jezreel
Jezreel appears in 29 verses of the Bible, from Joshua to Hosea.
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- Near Tel Yizre’el, 87 km north of Jerusalem
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Jezreel means “God sows”: the city and fertile valley of Ahab, Naboth and Jezebel, and the name of Hosea's son that speaks of judgment and restoration.
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Its boundaries included the following towns: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,
Joshua 19:18 · Read the chapter -
The entire Philistine army now mobilized at Aphek, and the Israelites camped at the spring in Jezreel.
1 Samuel 29:1 · Read the chapter -
There he proclaimed Ishbosheth king over Gilead, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, the land of the Ashurites, and all the rest of Israel.
2 Samuel 2:9 · Read the chapter -
Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam.
1 Kings 4:12 · Read the chapter -
he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth. Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.
2 Kings 8:29 · Read the chapter -
he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth. Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.
2 Chronicles 22:6 · Read the chapter
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