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The Jezreel Valley (from the Hebrew: עמק יזרעאל, romanized: ʿĒmeq Yīzrəʿēl), or Marj Ibn Amir (Arabic: مرج ابن عامر, romanized: Marj Ibn ʿĀmir), also known as the Valley of Megiddo, [dubious – discuss] [1] [2] [better source needed] [3] is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the Northern District of Israel.
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.
Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 867. [1] The kibbutz is located near Megiddo Junction, the intersection of highways 65, from Hadera to Afula, and 66, running from Haifa south to the West Bank. The junction is the site of a bus terminal and a high ...
Tel Megiddo (from Hebrew: תל מגידו) is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo (/ m ə ˈ ɡ ɪ d oʊ /; Greek: Μεγιδδώ), the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Haifa near the depopulated Palestinian town of Lajjun and subsequently Kibbutz Megiddo.
A map showing Endor in ancient Galilee.The actual location of Endor is disputed. Endor (Hebrew: עֵין־דֹּר/עֵין דּוֹר ʿĒn-Dōr or עֵין־דֹּאר ʿĒn-Dōʾr) was a Canaanite city, which is listed in the Book of Joshua (Joshua 17:11) as one of the cities the Israelites failed to dispossess, neither the city nor its dependencies. [1]
Mount Tabor, sometimes spelled Mount Thabor (Hebrew: הר תבור, romanized: Har Tavor; Arabic: جبل طابور), is a large hill of biblical significance in Lower Galilee, northern Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 18 kilometres (11 miles) west of the Sea of Galilee.
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).
Tel Shimron is located northeast of modern moshav of Nahalal on the western edge of the Nazareth range, [6] on the border between the Lower Galilee and the Jezreel Valley. Its location at the intersection of the Lower Galilee and the Jezreel Valley, as well as its proximity to the Acre (Akko) Plain, made it an important trade route. [7]