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1. Descendant of 'the father of Etam.' 1 Chr. 4: 3. (Six Hebrew MSS, the LXX, and the Vulgate read 'sons' instead of 'father.')
2, 3. Symbolical name both of the son of Hosea and of Israel. Hosea 1: 4, 11. Jezreel is interpreted both 'God scatters' and 'God sows.' Hosea 1: 4 refers to judgement upon the house of Jehu and the house of Israel; and Hosea 1: 11 to blessing, when of both Israel and Judah it will be said, "Ye are the sons of the living God." Then "great shall be the day of Jezreel:" cf. Hosea 2: 22, 23; "I will sow her unto me in the earth." Then God will say to her, "Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God."
4. City of Judah, from whence David married Ahinoam. Joshua 15: 56; 1 Sam. 25: 43;
1 Sam. 29: 1, 11.
5 . City in Issachar, the abode of Ahab and Jezebel, and principally connected with their history. It was the scene of Jezebel's tragical end. Joshua 19: 18; 2 Sam. 2: 9; 2 Sam. 4: 4; 1 Kings 18: 45, 46; 1
Kings 21: 1, 23; 2 Kings 8: 29; 2 Kings 9: 10-37; 2 Kings 10: 1-11. Identified with Zerin, .
6 . The extensive valley or plain in which the last-named city was situated, in southern Galilee. It has been called the battle-field of Palestine. It was where Barak triumphed, and where Josiah was defeated, Judges 5: 19; 2 Chr. 35: 22 — Megiddo being in the same locality. It is also perhaps the place where the great battle of Armageddon will be fought. Rev. 16: 16. It is a very fertile plain, and is now well cultivated (cf. Hosea 2: 22); Joshua 17: 16; Judges 6: 33; Hosea 1: 5. The name ESDRAELON is given to this valley in the Apocryphal Book of Judith 3: 9, etc. Now called Merj Ibn Amir.