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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.
Khirbet Jadurah: This site is located on the south edge of the Jezreel Valley, but with no spring the site has been deemed incorrect. [citation needed] Tell Qedesh / Tell abu Qudeis; This tell is a much better site than Khirbet Jadurah and it is located on the south edge of the Jezreel Valley. It has two springs nearby, remains from the right ...
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 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.
Tel Shimron (Hebrew: תל שמרון) is an archaeological site and nature reserve in the Jezreel Valley.In November 2024, archaeologists revealed their discovery of a monumental structure containing a large cache of rare cultic objects used by the Canaanites 3,800 years ago.
Philistine-type pottery was found in almost every site in the Jezreel Valley dating from the early 12th century through the late 11th century, corresponding to the time of the Biblical judges who, according to the Bible, ruled over the Israelites during the time of their settlement in Canaan. Vessels with Philistine decorations and pottery with ...
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.
The battle took place at Mount Tabor in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of the Sea of Galilee, sometime between 1150 and 1075 BCE, during the time of the Judges of the Hebrew Bible. [1] [2]