THE BIBLE: JEZREEL
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Bible: Jezreel
a) Jezreel was a city in the plain, or valley, or Esdraelon. It was also called the Valley of Jezreel. The word “Jezreel” comes from two Hebrew root words, meaning “to sow” and “mighty, especially Almighty.” Put together, the two root words mean “God will sow.”
b) The Valley of Jezreel is a beautiful and a broad valley or plain, stretching from west to east, from Mount Carmel and the sea to the Jordan, which it reaches through two arms, between the mountains of Gilboa, Little Hermon, and Tabor; and from south to north from the mountains of Ephraim to those of Galilee. Nazareth lay on its northern side. It is also called the Great Plain and the Valley of Esdraelon.
c) The city of Jezreel has a long and varied history and figures
prominently in many Bible events, most of them violent. King Jehu
ordered that the heads of King Ahab’s 70 sons be placed in heaps at the
gate of Jezreel (2 Kings 10:1-11).
Ahab’s queen, Jezebel, met her death by being thrown from a window of
the palace of Jezreel, and it was there that her body was eaten by dogs (2 Kings 9:30-35).
Jezreel was the scene of the phony trial of Naboth, who owned a
vineyard near Ahab’s palace and who was murdered by Jezebel for his
refusal to give his land to Ahab (1 Kings 21:1-23). The Valley of Jezreel was the scene of some important battles as well: the victory of Barak over Sisera (Judges 4); a victory by the Israelites, led by Gideon, against the Midianites, the Amalekiltes, and their allies from the east (Judges 6—8); the victory of the Philistines over Saul and his sons (1 Samuel 31); and the Egyptian victory over King Josiah (2 Kings 23:29).
d) Jezreel is also the name of two Bible characters: Ahinoam of Jezreel, who became one of David’s wives (1 Samuel 25:43), and a son of the prophet Hosea, so named because God had declared that he would avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu (Hosea 1:4,5).
e) Today, the Jezreel Valley is a green fertile plain, covered with fields of wheat, cotton, sunflowers and corn, as well as great grazing tracts for multitudes of sheep and cattle. Because of its location in the same valley as Megiddo, Jezreel is considered to be a likely spot for the future battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16-21). In fact, the Valley of Megiddo is also called the Valley of Jezreel.
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1. The Bible: Jezreela) Jezreel was a city in the plain, or valley, or Esdraelon. It was also called the Valley of Jezreel. The word “Jezreel” comes from two Hebrew root words, meaning “to sow” and “mighty, especially Almighty.” Put together, the two root words mean “God will sow.”
b) The Valley of Jezreel is a beautiful and a broad valley or plain, stretching from west to east, from Mount Carmel and the sea to the Jordan, which it reaches through two arms, between the mountains of Gilboa, Little Hermon, and Tabor; and from south to north from the mountains of Ephraim to those of Galilee. Nazareth lay on its northern side. It is also called the Great Plain and the Valley of Esdraelon.
c) The city of Jezreel has a long and varied history and figures
prominently in many Bible events, most of them violent. King Jehu
ordered that the heads of King Ahab’s 70 sons be placed in heaps at the
gate of Jezreel (2 Kings 10:1-11).
Ahab’s queen, Jezebel, met her death by being thrown from a window of
the palace of Jezreel, and it was there that her body was eaten by dogs (2 Kings 9:30-35).
Jezreel was the scene of the phony trial of Naboth, who owned a
vineyard near Ahab’s palace and who was murdered by Jezebel for his
refusal to give his land to Ahab (1 Kings 21:1-23). The Valley of Jezreel was the scene of some important battles as well: the victory of Barak over Sisera (Judges 4); a victory by the Israelites, led by Gideon, against the Midianites, the Amalekiltes, and their allies from the east (Judges 6—8); the victory of the Philistines over Saul and his sons (1 Samuel 31); and the Egyptian victory over King Josiah (2 Kings 23:29).d) Jezreel is also the name of two Bible characters: Ahinoam of Jezreel, who became one of David’s wives (1 Samuel 25:43), and a son of the prophet Hosea, so named because God had declared that he would avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu (Hosea 1:4,5).
e) Today, the Jezreel Valley is a green fertile plain, covered with fields of wheat, cotton, sunflowers and corn, as well as great grazing tracts for multitudes of sheep and cattle. Because of its location in the same valley as Megiddo, Jezreel is considered to be a likely spot for the future battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16-21). In fact, the Valley of Megiddo is also called the Valley of Jezreel.
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