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Hos 1:4 I will punish .. because of the blood of J
Jezreel (Heb. Yizreê’lî, meaning unknown: Heb. Yizreê’l, “God sows” or “seed of God”). 1. town in the mountainous region of Judah 642 (Jos 15:56); unidentified. Ahinoam, David’s wife, was from there (1Sa 25:43; 27:3). 2. City in the territory of Issachar (Jos 19:17, 18). In a war with the Philistines, the Israelites camped by the Jezreel Spring (1Sa 29:1, 11). The city is specifically mentioned as belonging to the domain of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul (2Sa 2:8, 9). Ahab chose the city as the site for a palace and as the place of his residence. There Naboth was assassinated for refusing to sell his vineyard to the greedy king (1Ki 21:1-6). Jezebel lost her life there, and the heads of the 70 sons of Ahab executed in Samaria were piled up at Jezreel’s gate at Jehu’s command (2Ki 9:30-10:11). Hosea prophesied that this bloodshed at Jezreel would be avenged on the house of Jehu (Hos 1:4). The Hellenistic name for the city and the plain around it was Esdraelon.* The site’s current name is Zerin, and it is about 13 km southeast of Megiddo. Although it stands on a plain, Zerîn is prominently and strategically located so that it commands a splendid command of the surrounding region, and to the east it looks as far as the Jordan. Map VI, C-3. 3. Valley that, in OT times, applied only to the eastern portion of the great plain that is north of the Cordon del Carmeto and south of the mountains of Galilee. This valley was the scene of Gideon’s attack on the Midianites and Amalekites encamped there (Jdg 6:33). Later, however, the expression Jezreel Valley was expanded to include the entire plain north of the Carmel range. In Hellenistic times this region was called the “Plain of Esdraelon”. Map I, B-2. 286. Panoramic view of the plain of Esdraelon, the biblical valley of Jezreel. 4. Tower of the city located in the Jewish territory of Jezreel (2Ki 9:17). 5. Descendant of Judah (1Ch 4:3). 6. Firstborn of the prophet Hosea. His name was a sign that God would avenge the blood shed by King Jehu at Jezreel (Hos 1:4, 5).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., yizre†™e†™l, God sows).
1. A city on the border of Issachar’s territory (Jos 19:18), not far from Mount Gilboa. Near this place the Israelites camped before the battle at Gilboa (1Sa 29:1). The people of Jezreel remained faithful to the house of Saul. Abner made Ishbosheth king over Jezreel and other places (2Sa 2:9). Ahab built a palace at Jezreel (2Ki 21:2), and his son Joram also lived there (2Ki 8:29). Naboth was from Jezreel, and was stoned outside the city for refusing to sell his vineyard to Ahab (1 Kings 21). Jehu ordered that the heads of the 70 sons of Ahab be placed in two heaps at the gates of Jezreel (2Ki 10:1-11). Jezreel is the place where Jezebel died when she was thrown from a palace window, and the dogs ate her body (2Ki 9:30-35). Jezreel was the scene of the meeting between Elijah and Ahab (1Ki 21:17ff.).
2. A city in the hill country of Judah where Ahinoam, one of David’s wives, was from (1Sa 25:43; 1Sa 27:3).
3. One of the descendants of Judah (1Ch 4:3).
4. One of the sons of the prophet Hosea, so named because God had declared that he would punish the house of Jehu for the bloody deeds of Jezreel (Hos 1:4-5).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(God scatters or God gives seed). Name of places and people from the OT.
1. Villa in the mountains that was awarded to the tribe of Judah in the division of the land (Jos 15:56). Ahinoam, one of David’s wives, belonged to J. (1Sa 25:43). J. is identified with the current Jirbet Terrama.
. City that was awarded to the tribe of Issachar in the division of the land (Jos 19:18). Located at one end of the valley that took its name, also known as Esdraelon, which includes †¢Megiddo. At the battle of Mount Gilboa Saul encamped his forces † œby the spring which is in J. † (1Sa 29:1). It was one of the cities over which Abner made Saul’s successor Ish-bosheth king (2Sa 2:8-9). It was an administrative district in Solomon’s time, under the responsibility of an official called †¢Baana. Due to the agricultural potential of the region, the kings of the Northern Kingdom (Israel) chose it as a royal city, mostly used as a winter residence. The palace built there, which had a high tower (2 Kings 9:17), was next to a vineyard owned by Naboth, which King Ahab wanted. Jezebel, his wife, conspired to kill Naboth and thus obtain the vineyard for her husband (1 Kings 21). Elijah prophesied that Jezebel would die by the wall of J.’s palace, and she did (2Ki 9:10, 2Ki 9:36-37). Jehu carried out a great slaughter in J. of all the descendants of Ahab (2 Kings 10:1-11). Later the prophet Hosea predicted a divine punishment against “the house of Jehu because of the blood of J.† (Hos 1:4, Hos 1:11).
. Very fertile valley between Galilee and Samaria. After the Jordan Valley, it is the largest of Israel’s inner valleys. The Canaanites who originally inhabited the flat area, thanks to this, could use iron chariots, which made it difficult for the half-tribe of Manasseh to conquer (Jos 17:12-16). Part of the valley is formed by the Kishon stream, where Deborah and Barak defeated †¢Sisera, thus obtaining part of the valley for the Israelites, who later secured possession with Gideon’s victory against the Amalekites (Judges 4, 5, 6, 7). †¢Megiddo is part of this valley.
. Character in the descendants of Judah (1Ch 4:3).
. Son of the prophet Hosea with his wife † ¢ Gomer. God ordered to give him that name as part of the prophecy of a punishment on the house of Jehu “because of the blood of J.” (Hos 1:4).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, CITY BIOG HOMB HOAT
see, JEZEBEL, JEHU, ARMAGEDÍN
sit, a2, 371, 78
vet, “God sows, or scatters.” (a) Name of a fortified city (1 Kings 21:23), with tower and gate (2 Kings 9:17; 10:7, 8) and of the plain where this city was situated. Jezreel was in Issachar (Josh. 19:16-18), not far from Mount Gilboa (1 Sam. 31:1-5; cf. 1 Sam. 29:1 and 2 Sam. 4:4). After various historical incidents, this city became one of the capitals of Ahab (1 Kings 18:45) and his son Joram (2 Kings 8:29). Naboth was from Jezreel, and was stoned outside its walls (1 Kings 21:1, 13). It is there that Jezebel died a violent death (see JEZEBEL, JEHU). Jehu gave the order to pile up the heads of the seventy sons of Ahab at the entrance of the Jezreel gate (2 Kings 10:1-11). The prophet Hosea denounced this horrific slaughter and announced that the Lord would avenge this bloodshed (Hos. 1:4). The Crusaders were not wrong in identifying Jezreel with the “Parvum Gerinum”. Today it is a town called Zer’în, 32° 34′ N, 35° 19′ E. Although it lies at the edge of a plain, its position as a strong city was undoubtedly excellent, being high on a rise. of about 30 m. high, facing northeast. It has an abundant supply of water. (b) A city in the hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:56). From there surely came one of David’s wives, Ahinoam a Jezreelite (1 Sam. 25:43; 27:3). She has not been identified. (c) A man of Judah, a descendant of Hur (1 Chron. 4:3). (d) One of the sons of the prophet Hosea. The child received this name because the Lord wanted to remind the people that the house of Jehu would receive punishment for the slaughter of Jezreel (Hos. 1:4).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Across the plain of Esdraelon, about 12 miles south of Nazareth is Jezreel. It was not important until the time of Ahab of Israel, who made it one of his royal residences and heavily fortified it. Jezebel founded an institution for the worship of Baal there, and it seems that she prepared and had in readiness a large number of priests of Baal.
In this place was the vineyard of Nabor that King Ahab coveted; and here Ahab’s tragic encounter with Elijah took place, 1 Kings 21.
Here Jehu was anointed king and killed Joram and Jezebel, 2 Kings 9.
Source: Geographic Dictionary of the Bible
(God Will Sow Seed), JEZREELITE.
1. Descendant of Judah; possibly he was the ancestor of the inhabitants of Jezreel (no. 3) or its main settler. (1Ch 4:1, 3)
2. Son of the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer (Hos 1:3, 4); the prophetic meaning of his name is explained in no. Four.
3. Unidentified city in the mountainous region of Judah, perhaps founded by no. 1. (Jos 15:20, 48, 56) This was probably the birthplace of Ahinoam, one of David’s wives. (1Sa 25:43; 27:3.)
4. City situated on the border of the territory of Issachar. (Jos 19:17, 18) Today it is identified with the city of Zer`in (Tel Yizre`el), which is located about 11 km to the NNE. of Jenin (En-ganim). Just SE. rises a crescent-shaped mountain range with limestone hills that has traditionally been identified with Mount Guilboa.
During the last half of the 10th century BC. CE, Jezreel was the royal residence of Ahab, the king of Israel, and his successor, Jehoram, although the capital of the northern kingdom was actually Samaria. (1Ki 18:45, 46; 21:1; 2Ki 8:29) In Naboth’s vineyard, near the Jezreel palace, the prophet Elijah pronounced Jehovah’s judgment on the house of Ahab. (1Ki 21:17-29) The prophecy was fulfilled. Jehu killed King Jehoram, son of Ahab, and then had his body thrown in the field of Naboth. At Jezreel the dogs ate Jezebel, Ahab’s wife, after she was thrown out of the window at Jehu’s command. The heads of the 70 sons of Ahab, executed by his guardians in Samaria, were piled in two heaps by the Jezreel gate. Not one of the distinguished men escaped, not one of Ahab’s acquaintances or priests who were in Jezreel. (2Ki 9:22-37; 10:5-11)
Hosea’s prophecy. Jehovah’s words to Hosea (1:4) regarding the “bloodshed acts of Jezreel” do not refer to the time Jehu destroyed the wicked house of Ahab, for it was Jehovah’s instrument to execute His judgment. However, it may well be that Jehu’s wrong motive for allowing calf worship to continue made him himself guilty of bloodshed. (2Ki 10:30, 31)
The prophetic name Jezreel, which Hosea gave to his son by Gomer at Jehovah’s command, directed attention to the time when the house of Jehu would be called to account. God would † ˜sow seed † ™ in the sense that he would spread it. That time came when Shallum seized the throne after assassinating Zechariah, Jehu’s great-great-grandson, who had ruled for six months. (2Ki 15:8-10) Thus Jehu’s dynasty came to an end. Some fifty years later, in…