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Place

Jezreel

valley and city

Place associated with Ahab's house and prophetic judgment.

32 appearances9 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

Fertile valley and walled city in the territory of that serves as and 's secondary residence and the setting of Naboth's vineyard. There confronts Ahab over the judicial murder of Naboth and announces that dogs will lick up Ahab's blood and devour Jezebel where they devoured Naboth, oracles fulfilled when drives furiously through the valley, kills Joram, and orders Jezebel thrown from her window. later names his firstborn Jezreel to signal Yahweh's intent to avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu and to break Israel's bow in the same valley.

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Places in this story

Modern location: Tel Yizre’el. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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