JEZREEL (Jewish Encyclopedia)

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  1. Esdraelon.
  2. Jezreel (city of Isaachar)
  3. A town in the hill country of Judah not far from the Judean Carmel (Josh 15:56). Ahinoam one of David's first two wives, was a native of this town (1Sam 25:43).
  4. A Judean; son of Etam, according to the Septuagint (1Chr 4:3).
  5. Hosea's eldest son, being so called by commandof God in token of the divine vengeance which would overtake Jehu for massacring Ahab's family in Jezreel (Hos 1:4).
  6. Name used for Israel in Hos 2:22.
This entry includes text from the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906.
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