Jezreel

      Jezreel

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    Dictionary Summary: A town of Issachar ([Josh. 19:18](/josh#Josh.19.18)), where the kings of Israel often resided ([1 Kings 18:45](/1kgs#1Kgs.18.45); [21:1](/1kgs#1Kgs.21.1); [2 Kings 9:30](/2kgs#2Kgs.9.30)). Here Elijah met Ahab, Jehu, and Bidkar; and here Jehu executed his dreadful commission against the house of Ahab ([2 Kings 9:14-37](/2kgs#2Kgs.9.14); [10:1-11](/2kgs#2Kgs.10.1)). It has been identified with the modern Zerin, on the most western point of the range of Gilboa, reaching down into the great and fertile valley of Jezreel, to which it gave its name. 2

    Cross References
    BookCross-References
    Josh
      19.18 
    2Sam
      2.9 
    1Kgs
      4.12 18.45 18.46 21.1 21.23 
    2Kgs
      8.29 9.10 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.30 9.36 9.37 10.6 10.7 10.11 
    2Chr
      22.6 
    Hos
      1.4 1.11 2.22 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.