Jezreel
Jezreel, a town in Judah, home of Ahinoam, one of David's wives.
PlaceOld Testament3 books8 verses
Summary
A location near Hebron first mentioned at Joshua 15:56; called Jezreel (יִזְרְעֶאל); or Jezreel (יִזְרְעֵאלִי).
Location
- Identified as
- within 7 km of Juttah
- Certainty
- Likely (61% of scholarship) · 3 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.448° N, 35.090° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- יִזְרְעֶאלJezreel
- יִזְרְעֵאלִיJezreel
Mentions
- Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
- David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
- David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
- Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
- So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
- David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
- So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
- And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;