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	Jezreel Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jezreel Valley (Arabic: سهل زرعين‎, Sahel Zir'in, or مرج بن عامر, Marj Ibn Amer - meadow of the son of Amr; Hebrew: עמק יזרעאל, Emek Yizrael, also known as the Plain of Esdraelon) is a large plain and inland valley in the north of Israel.
		The Jezreel Valley is south of the Lower Galilee in the North District 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).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jezreel_Valley (391 words)

	Jezreel Valley - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		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.
		Jezreel Valley is part of the Lower Galilee in the North District of Israel.
		The largest modern settlement in the Jezreel Valley is the city of Afula, also known as the "Capital of the Valley".
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/j/e/z/Jezreel_Valley_54de.html (277 words)

	Children of the Promise ~Jezreel
		Jezreel keeps fighting the flu, and since it is so bad this year, we've been told to keep him away from the hospital because of the germs.
		Jezreel liver level's is up in the three hundreds, and the dumping is slowing down to normal, Nancy told me it wasn't that bad today that the waste is starting to thicken up, so that's a good sign, but like all things we can only wait, and see.
		Jezreel was supposed to be on the six o'clock news as well but they didn't show it, so he'll probably be on the eleven o'clock news tonight, so I'll have to record it for my in-laws.
	www.childrenofpromise.net /jezreel.html (3769 words)

	Jezreel - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile
		Jezreel lies at the western end of Mount Gilboa, where it slopes down to the level of the Valley of Jezreel.
		Jezreel also attracted Ahab, a king of the Northern Kingdom in the mid-ninth century B.C., and his wife Jezebel.
		Jezreel was allotted to the tribe of Issachar (Josh 19:18).
	www.ancientsandals.com /overviews/jezreel.htm (535 words)

	JEZREEL in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE (Bible History Online)
		From Jezreel came the tidings of Saul and Jonathan's death on Gilboa, which brought disaster to Mephibosheth (2 Sam 4:4).
		The royal favor naturally enhanced the dignity of the city, and "elders" and "nobles" of Jezreel are mentioned (1 Ki 21:8, etc.).
		The site of Jezreel must be sought in a position where a tower would command a view of the road coming up the valley from Beth-shean.
	www.bible-history.com /isbe/J/JEZREEL (591 words)

	Baby Name Jezreel - Origin and Meaning of Jezreel
		The girl's name Jezreel is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "the Lord sows." Biblical place name.
		Jezreel is a rare female first name as it was not ranked for females of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
		Jezreel is a rare surname as it was not ranked for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.
	www.thinkbabynames.com /meaning/0/Jezreel (121 words)

	Samairia to Jezreel (city)
		The surrounding Jezreel Valley, which bears the name of the city, is the largest plain in Israel.
		Jezreel was allotted to the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 19:18).
		Nothing remains of ancient Jezreel, and the lesson of 1 Kings on land seizure is apparently lost too, especially as it relates to Jewish dealings with the Palestinians.
	www.ourfatherlutheran.net /biblehomelands/palestine/jezreelcity.htm (2212 words)

	The Jezreel Valley
		The Jezreel Valley is home to some of the most fertile farmland in Israel and it is a place with wonderful vistas.
		Aside from its agricultural significance the Jezreel Valley was an important thoroughfare even in ancient times as it presented an easy route from the ocean in the west to the mountains east of the Jordan River and to Egypt.
		It was along the route mentioned in the bible as the Way to the Sea (Isaiah 9:1) and part of what was later known by the Romans as the Via Maris, the ancient route from Egypt to Mesopotamia.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/geo/Jezreel.html (839 words)

	The Blood of Jezreel
		In Hosea 1:4, God told Hosea to name his firstborn son Jezreel because in a little while he was going to avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu.
		Jezreel represented the innocent spiritual blood of the Israelites that was shed by the wicked king.
		The phrase "I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu" simply meant that God would avenge the spiritual blood of his people (which was shed by Zachariah when they were good) upon the house of Jehu.
	www.infidels.org /library/magazines/tsr/1991/2/2blood91.html (1306 words)

	Pages 2-3: spring 1991 THE BLOOD OF JEZREEL Jerry McDonald In the spring 1990 issue of The
		And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which was right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel (2 Kings 10:30).
		Till's problem is that he assumed that the blood of Jezreel had to refer to that which was done by Jehu at Jezreel to the houses of Jehoram and Ahaziah.
		The phrase "the blood of Jezreel" is a figure of speech called synecdoche in which the part is put for the whole.
	www.skepticfiles.org /skeptic/blood2.htm (1408 words)

	Pages 3-6, 12: spring 1991 AHAB, JEZEBEL, JEHU, AND THE BLOOD OF JEZREEL There is apparent
		I say that the "blood of Jezreel" that Hosea referred to was Jehu's slaughter of the royal families of Israel and Judah at Jezreel.
		Jehu gave the elders of Jezreel the choice of fighting for a new king that they would crown from one of the sons of Joram or else delivering to him the heads of all seventy sons by the next morning.
		After the carnage that Jehu wreaked at Jezreel, Ahab didn't have a son left for "the evil" spoken of in 1 Kings 21:29 to be brought upon.
	www.skepticfiles.org /skeptic/jehu2.htm (2406 words)

	Jezreel Valley
		Thus the Jezreel Valley was both a blessing and a curse to the children of Israel, depending on the faithfulness to God.
		Deborah and Barak defeated the Canaanites in the Jezreel Valley.
		The Philistines gathered in the Jezreel Valley before the battle with King Saul, in which he and his son Jonathan were killed and their bodies hung on the walls of Beth-shan (see Lower Jordan Valley).
	www.messengers-of-messiah.org /Tour/JezVal.html (1284 words)

	JMI - Church Life At Jezreel
		It is the vision of Jezreel Ministries to duplicate by means of leadership development and church planting.
		Jezreel pride itself in having its own Bible School that does not only offer academic theological training but also hands on training on the job.
		At Jezreel we have a Bible School that will take you from a new born Christian to becoming a dynamic minister of the Gospel.
	home.global.co.za /~jezreel/JezreelChurch.htm (929 words)

	JWSR v6n1 - Eric Cline
		Megiddo is located in the Jezreel Valley, almost exactly halfway between Haifa on the Mediterranean coast to the west and Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee to the east, and between Egypt to the south and Mesopotamia to the north.
		The Jezreel Valley can be compared to the meeting place of two tectonic plates, where the stress and strain frequently result in cataclysmic, earth-shaking events of immense magnitude, whose reverberations are felt far away, both geographically and temporally.
		Like the Jezreel Valley in Israel, the Kephissos Valley in Greece was literally a natural geographical highway which was often the only practical choice for both warriors and merchants to use when traveling from north to south or south to north in Greece.
	jwsr.ucr.edu /archive/vol6/number1/cline/cline_print.shtml (2518 words)

	The Valley of Jezreel/The Plain of Esdraelon
		The Valley of Jezreel is often identified as comprising only the eastern end of the Plain of Esdraelon, the valley between between Mount Gilboa and the Hill of Moreh and Mount Tabor (see Mount Tabor).
		However, Jezreel is often used generally to refer to the entire flat and fertile plain stretching southeast from the coast north of Mount Carmel to the Jordan River at Beth-shan (outlined in red).
		And it was at Megiddo that King Josiah was killed in a fateful attempt to block Egyptian armies from using the pass to march north to lend aid to Assyrian armies trapped by the Babylonians (2 Kings 23:29).
	www.cresourcei.org /phototour/pjezreel.html (561 words)

	Jezreel Valley (BiblePlaces.com)
		Jezreel (Walking in Their Sandals) Gives easy-to-read information on the location and setting, historical and biblical significance, etc. Features links to photographs and on-line scripture references.
		Jezreel (Christian Travel Study Program) Features text highlighting the biblical importance of the city of Jezreel, accompanied by one picture of the tel.
		Jezreel (Daily Bible Study) Provides a summary of the biblical events associated with Jezreel along with links to other related bible studies.
	www.bibleplaces.com /jezreelvalley.htm (843 words)

	jezreel valley
		The Jezreel Valley is a roughly triangular plain oriented northwest to southeast, separating the hilly areas of Galilee to the north from those of Samaria to the south.
		At the southeastern end of the Jezreel Valley is Mount Gilboa, a barren ridge rising to a high point of 1,700 feet above the valley about 7 miles west of the Jordan River.
		Kishon River ("winding") is formed by small streams and wadis (mostly dry, seasonal watercourses) on Mount Gilboa to the south and west and the Nazareth hills to the north.
	www.ourfatherlutheran.net /biblehomelands/galilee/jezreel.htm (1460 words)

	Jezreel
		When Hosea prophesied of Jezreel, the sowing of the Lord, he was speaking of the church, those who "were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (Jn.1:13).
		This is Jezreel, the sowing of the Lord.
		The Spirit moved Isaiah to prophesy to the barren Gentiles (Isa.54:1): "Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord".
	www.isaiah58.com /tracts/jezreel.html (1732 words)

	Jezreel (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		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.
		A man of Judah named Jezreel was the son of Etam.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/jezreel.html (154 words)

	Jezreel Ministries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Jezreel is a name for God, which means “God who sows”, and it speaks to the idea that God is the one who sows the seeds.
		On another evening as Eric spent time in prayer the Lord birthed a song of praise in Eric’s heart, and as he sang it the presence of the Lord filled the room that he was in.
		Jezreel Ministries is excited about the presence of God and the coming revival, and would love to have the opportunity to share with you.
	www.webspawner.com /users/jezreelministries (788 words)

	Jezreel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Situated on land allotted to Issachar’s tribe, Jezreel was a residence (9th cent.
		B.C.) 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.
	www.bartleby.com /65/je/Jezreel.html (125 words)

	Megiddo and the Plain of Jezreel (Esdraelon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Much of the Jezreel Plain is in the form of an isosceles triangle.
		Between Moreh and Gilboa the Jezreel Valley begins its gradual eastward descent to the Jordan.
		The Israelites, led by Deborah and Barak, defeat the Canaanites "at Taanach near the waters of Megiddo" (Judges 5:19).
	www.netours.com /2003/meg-jez.htm (910 words)

	The Catholic Diocese of Peoria - Catholic Post - May 8, 2005 issue - Top stories, week of May 8
		Jezreel said he briefly entertained hopes that a large number of Peace Corps volunteers would settle in his parish, but then realized "the answer has to come from the inside."
		The solution was JustFaith, a program Jezreel created to help his parishioners learn more about Catholic social justice teaching and the needs of the poor through eight months of small-group gatherings.
		Jezreel’s office provides all materials, including books, videos, an outline of discussion questions and prayers, making the program self-facilitating.
	www.cdop.org /catholic_post/post_5_8_05/news.cfm (1577 words)

	Daily Bible Study - The Dogs of Jezreel
		Jezreel, from the Hebrew word pronounced yiz-reh-ale, meaning God will sow, was a northern city of Israel within the allotted territory of the tribe of Issachar (see Tribal Lands).
		Jezreel is mentioned frequently in events of Bible History between the time of Joshua and the Kings of Israel and Judah.
		And the hand of The Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2005/20050921.htm (1068 words)

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		Yahweh said to him: “Name him ‘Jezreel,’ because it will not be long before I apply the bloodshed of Jezreel to the family of Jehu, and then destroy the kingdom of the family of Israel.
		“It [Jezreel] refers to a beautiful city and valley between the mountains of Samaria and Galilee, but the beauty of that place had been marred by the events of extreme violence which had happened there…Thus the name of the beautiful city and valley was forever linked with violence and mass murder.
		It was during the Omride period that most of the events described in the OT with reference to Jezreel took place: (a) Elijah ran ahead of Ahab's chariot to Jezreel (1 Kgs 18:45-46); (b) Naboth's vineyard, which was next to Ahab's palace in Jezreel, was coveted by the king (ch.
	www.christian-thinktank.com /qjehu.html (3266 words)

	Jezreel Plain, Israel
		The large and fertile valley of the Jezreel plain, frequently referred to merely as HaEmeq (the Valley), extends southeastward from the bay north of Haifa to the Jordan valley between the upland regions of Samaria and Galilee.
		The Jezreel plain is the largest valley in Israel and one of its most fertile regions.
		As a zone of passage and an area of great fertility the Jezreel plain has been frequently fought over in the course of history, notably in the time of Deborah (Judges 5,19) and Gideon (Judges 7,5).
	www.planetware.com /israel/jezreel-plain-isr-nr-jp.htm (334 words)

	Pastor John's House.com
		When Hosea spoke of “Jezreel” (“God will sow”), he was speaking, centuries before the time, of those “who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (Jn.
		” This is Jezreel, the sowing of the Lord.
		Break forth into singing and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child, for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
	www.pastorjohnshouse.com /broad/b53.htm (1965 words)

	Wednesday, August 25, 2004 - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Inc
		Jezreel means "scattered." We can imagine when Hosea first heard the name he thought the Lord had made a mistake, for in Hebrew Jezreel is almost identical both in spelling and in sound to Israel, which means "God perseveres." "Surely the Lord means Israel," Hosea must have thought.
		First, there is a political application to the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel.
		Jezreel means "scattered." So since Hosea is prophesying not long before the fall of Samaria and the captivity of the people of the northern kingdom in 722 B.C., he is really forecasting the scattering of the Jewish people that began in 722 B.C. and then continued through successive disasters and deportations in the south.
	www.alliancenet.org /partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID307086\|CHID560456\|CIID1850396,00.html (817 words)

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