- Jezreel:
- Jezreel, or Esdrelon, was a city of Issachar, afterwards celebrated as the residence of the kings of Israel, delightfully situated in the extensive and fertile plain of the same name, which extends from Scythopolis or Bethshan on the east to mount Carmel on the west. Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that it was in their time a place of considerable consequence, lying between Scythopolis on the east and Legio on the west; and the latter (on "The wordª of the LORDª that¹ came¹ unto¹ Hosea,ª the sonª of Beeri,ª in the daysª of Uzziah,ª Jotham,ª Ahaz,ª [and] Hezekiah,ª kingsª of Judah,ª and in the daysª of Jeroboamª the sonª of Joash,ª kingª of Israel.ª ... Then shall the childrenª of Judahª and the childrenª of Israelª be gathered²° together,ª¹ and appointª° themselves oneª head,ª and they shall come upª° out of¹ the land:ª for¹ greatª [shall be] the dayª of Jezreel.ª" {Hsa 1:1-11}). informs us that it was pretty near Maximianopolis. The Jerusalem Itinerary places it ten miles west from Scythopolis; and William of Tyre says it was called Little Gerinum in his time, and that there was a fine fountain in it, whose waters fell into the Jordan near Scythopolis. See note on "Now the Philistinesª gathered togetherª°¹ all¹ their armiesª to Aphek:ª and the Israelitesª pitchedª° by a fountainª which¹ [is] in Jezreel.ª" {1Sm 29:1}.
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