Bible Location
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This Jezreel entry refers to the northern town in Issachar that gives its name to the Jezreel Valley. It is important because it is closely associated with the house of Ahab, Elijah, Naboth's vineyard, Jehu's uprising, and some of the most dramatic royal events in Israel's history. First appears in Josh 19:18.1
Coordinates
32.50, 35.50
First appears
Josh 19:18
AI summary: Of the places called Jezreel, this northern town is the best-known in the biblical record. It becomes a royal residence of the northern kingdom and the setting for major confrontations involving Ahab, Jezebel, Elijah, Naboth, and Jehu. Because of that, Jezreel is tied to themes of abuse of power, prophetic judgment, dynastic collapse, and the violent turning points of Israel's monarchy. It also lends its name to the fertile valley around it, extending its geographic influence. The cross references present this Jezreel as a royal and prophetic flashpoint in the northern kingdom.1
Latitude
32.50
Longitude
35.50
Bible references
22
A town of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1 Kings 18:45; 21:1; 2 Kings 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; 10:1-11). 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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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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.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.