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	GALILEE - LoveToKnow Article on GALILEE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The ridge of Nazareth rises north of the great plain of Esdraelon, and north of this again is the fertile basin of the Buttauf, separated from the sea-coast plains by low hills.
		The great plain of Esdraelon is of triangular form, bounded by Gilboa on the east and by the ridge which runs to Carmel on the west.
		The plains of Esdraelon, and the Buttauf, and the plateau of el-Abma are all remarkable for the rich basaltic soil which covers them, in which corn, Cotton, maize, sesame, tobacco, millet and various kinds of vegetable are grown, while indigo and sugar-cane were cultivated in former times.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GA/GALILEE.htm (2072 words)

	Jezreel Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jezreel Valley (Hebrew: עמק יזרעאל; "Emek Yizrael", also known as the Plain of Esdraelon) is a large plain and inland valley in the north of Israel.
		In the Bible, the Valley of Jezreel lies to the north of Jezreel between the ridges of Gilboa and Moreh, an offshoot of Esdraelon, running east to the Jordan River (Joshua 17:16; Judges 6:33; Hosea 1:5).
		It was the scene of the signal victory gained by the Israelites under Gideon over the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the "children of the east" (Judg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valley_of_Jezreel (294 words)

	Armageddon
		Esdraelon is watered by the Nahr el Djalood, which empties into the Jordan R., and the Kishon.
		Again in the 13th century BC Esdraelon was the site of a great victory by Gideon over the Midianites, and the site of Saul's final defeat at the hands of the Philistines in the 11th century BC.
		Elijah is thought to have engaged in his famous contest of 'miracles' with the prophets of Baal on the W. border of Esdraelon.
	philologos.org /bpr/files/a005.htm (1385 words)

	Plain of Esdraelon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Esdraelon is the Greek derivation of the Hebrew Yizre'el, meaning “God will sow” or “May God make fruitful,” an allusion to the fertility of the area.
		Other rivers in Israel are the Yarqon, which empties into the Mediterranean near Tel Aviv; the Qishon, which runs through the western part of the Plain of Esdraelon to drain into the Mediterranean at Haifa; and a small section of the Yarmuk, a tributary of the Jordan that flows west along the...
		It was called Esdraelon in the book of Judith; to the crusaders it was Parvum Gerinum, or Le Petit Gerin, to distinguish it from Le Grand Gerin (Jenin).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9032999?tocId=9032999 (1016 words)

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		Mount Tabor is situated east of Nazareth, southwest of the Sea of Galilee, northeast of the plain of Esdraelon.
		Esdraelon appears then to be a great staging point in this drama with one of the valley's chief geographical points being carried as the name for this great and future hostility.
		Esdraelon is a vast theatre with it's clearly defined stage with it's proper entrances and exits.
	users.htcomp.net /gatewaybc/on_line_articles/CHAP4.HTM (3641 words)

	Esdraelon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Once a swampy, malarial lowland, Esdraelon has been drained and turned into one of Israel’s most fertile and densely populated regions.
		A great variety of crops are produced there in abundance.
		Esdraelon is also called the plain of Jezreel or of Megiddo.
	www.bartleby.com /65/es/Esdraelo.html (171 words)

	PALESTINE - LoveToKnow Article on PALESTINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Mountain Region, the great plain of Esdraelon, which forms what from the earliest times has been recognized to be the easiest entrance to the interior of the countiy, cuts abruptly through the mountain system, and so divides it into two groups.
		The great plain of Esdraelon is one of the most important and striking of the natural features of Western Palestine.
		A railway from Haifa to Damascus was opened in I905; it runs across the Plain of Esdraelon, enters the Ghor at Beisan, then, turning northwards, impinges on the Sea of Galilee at Samakh and runs up the valley of the Yarmuk to join, at ed-Dera, the line of the third railway.
	95.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PA/PALESTINE.htm (18138 words)

	Palestine: Report on Immigration, Land Settlement and Development - UK Government report - Non-UN document (see ...
		The evidence as to the fertility of the Vale of Esdraelon and the state of its prosperity in the hands of the Arabs, before the extensive purchases made by the Jews, is conflicting.
		It is a mistake to assume that the Vale of Esdraelon was a wilderness before the arrival of the Jewish settlers and that it is now a paradise.
		In ancient times Esdraelon was the granary, and by the Arabs is still regarded as the most fertile tract of Palestine.
	domino.un.org /unispal.nsf/0/e3ed8720f8707c9385256d19004f057c?OpenDocument (13741 words)

	Megiddo
		After turning the mills, a portion of the Qina was diverted to water the city of Megiddo, and to irrigate terraced fields and orchards.
		To the north of Megiddo lies the Esdraelon plain, a very fertile plain, but which is marshy and treacherous during the winter and spring.
		The Esdraelon valley runs southeast from the Mediterranean to the Rift Valley, but the portion near Megiddo is called the valley of Jezreel.
	www.ancientroute.com /cities/Megiddo.htm (2591 words)

	Chapter 12, From Dan to Beersheba - J. P. Newman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Occasionally are seen the fl tents of the nomadic Bedouin, who, despoiler-like, feeds his flocks till the crop is exhausted, and then removes to another section of rich pasturage, or, mounted on his fleet steed, scours the plain in search of plunder.
		Whether considered as to the extent of its area, the fertility of its soil, the beauty of its scenery, or the political and religious importance of its history, the Plain of Esdraelon is the first of inland plains.
		Descending from the heights of Carmel, we followed a winding path through wooded dells to the southwest corner of Esdraelon, and in half an hour reached Wady el-Melhor, "The Salt Valley," which forms the boundary-line between Carmel and the Mountains of Samaria.
	www.dabar.org /newman/Ch12.htm (5468 words)

	The Plain of Esdraelon (Jezreel Valley) in Israel
		The Plain of Esdraelon (Jezreel Valley) in Israel
		Esdraelon: the Greek form of the Hebrew Jezreel -- the name of the great plain which stretches across Central Palestine from the Jordan to the MediterraaneanSea and separates the mountain ranges of Carmel and Samaria from those of Galilee; extending about 14 miles from north to south and 9 miles from east to west.
		Jews -- Gentiles -- Saracens -- Crusaders -- Frenchmen -- Egyptians -- Persians -- Druses -- Turks -- Arabs; warriors out of every nation which is under heaven have pitched their tents in the plain and have beheld the various banners of their nations wet with the dews of Tabor and Hermon...
	ancientneareast.tripod.com /Plain_of_Esdraelon.html (266 words)

	Galilee And The Lake - Plain Of Esdraelon
		This transition in our journey is marked outwardly by the crossing of the great Plain of Esdraelon, which we enter by the gateway of Jenin.
		There are a few palm-trees lending a little grace to the disconsolate village, and the Turkish captain of the military post, a grizzled veteran of Plevna, invites us into the guard-room to drink coffee with him, while we wait for a dilatory telegraph operator to send a message.
		The best that she can hope for is a restoration to quiet fruitfulness, to placid and humble industry, to olive-crowned and vine-girdled felicity, never again to power.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles25/holy-land-27.shtml (1029 words)

	Palestine
		It is divided from north to south into two nearly equal portions by the Jordan Valley, which is the deepest depression that exists anywhere on the face of the earth.
		The region west of the Jordan is divided into two parts by the valley of Esdraelon which, from north of Carmel, proceeds diagonally toward the SE.
		From the Biblical point of view, Palestine and particularly Jerusalem, is the center of the world from which all other places are north, south, east or west.
	latter-rain.com /ltrain/pales.htm (762 words)

	FORMLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As all of these three regions — Esdraelon, the Shephelah and the Negeb—have also proved their distinctness from the Central Range, as from the Maritime Plain, by their greatly differing histories, we add them to our catalogue of the ruling features of the land, which we now reckon as seven.
		The Maritime Plain, Esdraelon, and the Jordan Valley, along with the great plateaus of the Eastern Range, Hauran and Moab, were plains, bearing the great trunk roads, and feasible for cavalry and chariots.
		Enisled by that circuit of lowland—the Ghôr, Esdraelon, and the Maritime Plain—the Central Range in Judah and Ephraim formed Israel’s most constant sanctuary, and Gilead was generally attached to it.
	www.dabar.org /Geography/GASmith/FORMLAND.html (3272 words)

	Esdraelon
		Gilboa - Gilboa, Arabic Jabal Faqquah, range of hills, eastern spur of the Samarian Hills, located at the...
		City, ancient Palestine, in the plain of Esdraelon, halfway from...
		Galilee - Galilee, region, N Israel, roughly the portion north of the plain of Esdraelon.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0817677.html (202 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Zabulon
		To its northwest lay Aser, to the southeast Issachar.
		It included a part of the Plain of Esdraelon, and the great highway from the sea to the lake.
		Within the territory of Zabulon Christ was brought up, and did and said much that is narrated in the Gospels, especially in the Synoptics, about His Galilean ministry.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15739b.htm (714 words)

	Acco
		The Esdraelon plain is drained by the Qishon River, and afforded an important passage from the coast to the interior of Israel.
		The city of Acco is located on a small promontory, the north horn of a natural bay, and faces to the south.
		The plain there is about 4 miles wide, with the hills of the Galilean mountains framing the north side of the plain of Esdraelon.
	www.ancientroute.com /Cities/Acco.htm (1989 words)

	Online Article Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The mountains are divided by the northwest-southeast trending Plain of Esdraelon that extends from Haifa to Beth-shan (Beth Shean) on the edge of the Rift Valley.
		North of Esdraelon are the hills of Galilee; to the south are Samaria and Judea (the biblical terms used by Israel for what others call the West Bank), large parts of which were turned over to the Palestine National Authority beginning in 1995.
		The principal lowland is a narrow coastal plain along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
	tc98.grolier.com /oke/oau/oau.asp?GMEYEAR=1999&DOCID=0150790-0&FFC=F&OEMTag=VQ (9267 words)

	Mandate for Palestine - Report of the Mandatory to the LoN (31 December 1934)
		The plain of Esdraelon, which cuts so sharply through the mountain system of Palestine, is roughly triangular in shape.
		Though the soil is here of a heavier and more clayey texture than that of the coastal plain, Esdraelon is proverbially fertile and is especially suitable for cereal production.
		The third and eastern strip of country is the Jordan valley, a natural depression which, starting from sea-level in the extreme north of the country, falls gradually to a depth of 1,300 feet below that level at the Dead Sea about 100 miles to the south.
	domino.un.org /UNISPAL.nsf/a47250072a3dd7950525672400783bde/a212ce7d6edb27c6052565d4005af973!OpenDocument (4322 words)

	Esdraelon, Plain Of (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		It is not unnatural that the inspired seer should place the scene of war in "the great day of God" in the region so often colored crimson in the history of his people--the place called in the Hebrew tongue "Har-Magedon" (Revelation 16:14, Revelation 16:16).
		Esdraelon lay within the lot of Issachar (Joshua 19:17).
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	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/3181 (1112 words)

	Easton's Bible Dictionary
		It was here that Jabin's great army was marshaled before it went forth into the great battlefield of Esdraelon to encounter the army of Israel, by which it was routed and put to flight (Judg.
		It was situated "at the entrance of the pass to Esdraelon from the plain of Acre" at the base of Carmel.
		The name in the Hebrew is Harosheth ha Gojim, i.e., " the smithy of the nations;" probably, as is supposed, so called because here Jabin's iron war-chariots, armed with scythes, were made.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bib/ebd/ebd165.htm (483 words)

	bible.org: ISBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is not unnatural that the inspired seer should place the scene of war in "the great day of God" in the region so often colored crimson in the history of his people--the place called in the Hebrew tongue "Har-Magedon" (Rev 16:14,16).
		Esdraelon lay within the lot of Issachar (Josh 19:17).
		The Canaanite inhabitants were formidable with their chariots of iron (Josh 17:16,18).
	www.bible.org /isbe.asp?id=3181 (1120 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Debbora
		It was commanded by Sisara, whose headquarters were at Haroseth, probably identical with the actual el Haritiyeh, between Haifa and Nazareth, on the banks of the Nahr Muquatt’a (Cison) in the plain of Esdraelon.
		Occupying this position in the centre of the country, the Chanaanites could harass the tribes to the north and south, and render it very difficult for them to unite in a common effort.
		She charged him to gather and lead to Thabor, a mountain to the east of the plain of Esdraelon, an army of ten thousand men, promising him that God would deliver into his hand Sisara and the Chanaanite army.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04663a.htm (647 words)

	The Conflicts of Armageddon by Tom Stewart
		Because Megiddo occupied a strategic military position on the Plain of Esdraelon-- which is the Greek derivation of the Hebrew, Yizre'el meaning God will sow, and is also identified with the Valley of Jezreel of Scripture-- it was the scene of numerous historic, Biblical battles and many conflicts more recent.
		Crossing the Jordan River from the east, the hordes of Midian probably entered the Plain of Esdraelon between Mount Gilboa and the Hill of Moreh, since the other Jordan River approach would only be a narrow wadi between Mount Tabor and Moreh.
		In 1799, he crossed Esdraelon on his march to the coastal city of Acre (Akko), on the Bay of Haifa.
	www.whatsaiththescripture.com /Timeline/Conflicts.of.Armageddon.html.htm (6481 words)

	Esdraelon, Plain of - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Esdraelon, Plain of - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		ESDRAELON, PLAIN OF es-dra-e'-lon, (yizre`e'l; in Apocrypha the name varies:
		It is not unnatural that the inspired seer should place the scene of war in "the great day of God" in the region so often colored crimson in the history of his people--the place called in the Hebrew tongue "Har-Magedon" (Revelation 16:14,16).
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T3181 (1106 words)

	The Battle of Megiddo
		The king of Kadesh and his allies occupied Megiddo, a fortress which controlled the major military and trade road north to Lebanon and east to the Euphrates.
		In fact, along the way Tuthmosis III detached units commanded by general Djehuty in order to place the stronghold of Jaffa under siege so that his line of communications and possible retreat could be protected, an indication that the Canaanite alliance was significant within southern Canaan.
		However, the advantage of the Aruna route was that it would allow the Egyptian army to debouch onto the Plain of Esdraelon less than a mile from the city of Megiddo.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/megiddo.htm (1838 words)

	Scythopolis - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Scythopolis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The initial excavations were carried out between 1921 and 1933, and uncovered extensive remains from several eras of earlier occupation, including Canaanite and Hellenistic cities built on the site.
		Town in Israel, at the southeastern end of the Plain of Jezreel (Esdraelon); population (1997) 15,000.
		Excavations begun here in 1921 have produced a complete history of the site from about the 16th century
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Scythopolis (252 words)

	The Mystery of Melchizedek the priest of the Most High God Gen. 14:18-24, was Melchizedek a Samaritan high priest? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is northwest of Samaria, and is first mentioned in the Bible in the list of kings defeated by Joshua west of the Jordan (Josh.
		The OT has only one reference to Megiddo in prophetical writings: Zechariah mentions a heathen mourning that took place in the Plain of Esdraelon: "On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be great, like weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo" (Zech.
		beth shan, beth shean, house of quiet) it lays 14 miles south of the Sea of Galilee, overlooking the Plain of Esdraelon in the Valley of Jezreel.
	www.mazzaroth.com /ChapterFour/MysteryOfMelchizedek.htm (359 words)

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