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Jezreel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Jezreel [Heb.,=God sows]. 1 City, ancient Palestine, in the plain of Esdraelon , halfway from Megiddo to the Jordan, and mentioned in the Bible. Situated on land allotted to Issachar's tribe, Jezreel was a residence (9th cent. BC) of King Ahab, whose family was called the house of Jezreel. Jezreel came to describe the town's surrounding valley, which separates Galilee from Samaria. 2 In the Bible, town of Judah. 3 In the Book of Hosea, symbolic name for a son of Hosea.

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Jezreel

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Jezreel in the Bible, the capital of Israel in the reign of Ahab; Naboth's vineyard was near to it, and it was in Jezreel that Jezebel was put to death. Hosea later prophesied (Hosea 1:5) that guilt for the blood of Jezreel would fall on the house of Jehu, and that the nation of Israel would be destroyed in the valley of Jezreel.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Jezreel." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Jezreel

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Jezreel A town by Mount Gilboa where Ahab had property adjacent to Naboth's vineyard, which Jezebel obtained, and the town where she met her death. The valley of Jezreel separates Galilee from Samaria. Hosea prophesied (Hos. 1: 5) that the nation of Israel would be finally destroyed in the valley of Jezreel.

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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Jezreel." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

W. R. F. BROWNING. "Jezreel." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Jezreel.html

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	JEZREEL WORKS AT HELPING THE WORLD'S POOR.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER) Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA); 9/21/2001
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