3407. TEL JEZREEL, ANCIENT CITY, IN THE PLAIN OF ESDRAELON, HALFWAY FROM MEGIDDO TO THE JORDAN, MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE ( SAUL’S ARMY FOUGHT NARBY WITH THE PHILISTINES (I SAM 28:1-11) SITUATED ON LAND ALLOTTED TO ISSACHAR’S TRIBE, JEZREEL WAS A RESIDENCE (9TH CENT. B.C.) OF KING AHAB, THE SECONDARY CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL. REMAINS OF THE CITY GATE.
Photograph by Zev Radovan
