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Jezreel, Valley of: Lying on the northern side of the city, between the ridges of Gilboa
and Moreh, an offshoot of Esdraelon, running east to the Jordan
(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"
(Judges 6:3) Two centuries
after this the Israelites were here defeated by the Philistines, and
Saul and Jonathan, with the flower of the army of Israel, fell
(1 Samuel 31:1-6) This name was in after ages extended to the whole of the
plain of Esdraelon (q.v.). It was only this plain of Jezreel and that
north of Lake Huleh that were then accessible to the chariots of the
Canaanites (comp.)
(2 Kings 9:21; 10:15)
