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Tel Jezreel is an archaeological site in the eastern Jezreel Valley (Harod Valley) in northern Israel. The ancient city of Jezreel (Hebrew: יִזְרְעֶאל, romanized: Yizrəʿʾel, lit. 'God will sow') served as a main fortress of the Northern Kingdom of Israel under king Ahab in the 9th century BCE.
The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.
Jezreel Valley and Mount Tabor Jezreel Valley. The Jezreel Valley takes its name from the ancient city of Jezreel (known in Hebrew as Yizre'el; יזרעאל , زرعين) which was located on a low hill overlooking the southern edge of the valley. The word Jezreel comes from the Hebrew, and means "God sows" or "El sows". [4]
The popular historian Lesley Hazleton wrote a revisionist account, Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen (2004), presenting Jezebel as a sophisticated queen engaged in mortal combat with the fundamentalist prophet Elijah. [81] Iron & Wine included a song "Jezebel" on his 2005 EP Woman King. It contains many references to the ...
This is a list of Jewish biblical figures. Hebrew Bible. Aaron, brother of Moses and Miriam, and the first High Priest;
These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.
Shunem or Shunaam (Hebrew: שׁוּנֵם Šūnēm; in LXX Ancient Greek: Σουνὰν, romanized: Sounàn) was a small village mentioned in the Bible in the possession of the Tribe of Issachar. It was located near the Jezreel Valley, north of Mount Gilboa (Joshua 19:18).
The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.