Strong H3157H3157Hיִזְרְעֶאל

Jezreel

One of the 6 senses of Strong H3157

Transliteration
yizre‛ê'l
Pronunciation
yiz-reh-ale'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Jezreel, a city in Issachar, known for its association with King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.

Meaning of the name

Jezreel = "God sows"

General definition

From H2232 and H410; God will sow;
{Jizreel} the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites: - Jezreel.

In the biblical story

Jezreel

A city in Issachar, associated with Ahab and Jezebel

Jezreel, a city in Issachar, known for its association with King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.

In the Bible

Strong H3157H appears in 22 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • jezreel22

First verses

  1. Joshua 19:18
    And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
  2. 2 Samuel 2:9
    And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
  3. 1 Kings 4:12
    Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
  4. 1 Kings 18:45
    And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
  5. 1 Kings 18:46
    And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
  6. 1 Kings 21:1
    And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
  7. 1 Kings 21:23
    And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
  8. 2 Kings 8:29
    And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
  9. 2 Kings 9:10
    And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
  10. 2 Kings 9:15
    But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
  11. 2 Kings 9:16
    So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
  12. 2 Kings 9:17
    And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
  13. 2 Kings 9:30
    And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
  14. 2 Kings 9:36
    Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
  15. 2 Kings 9:37
    And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
  16. 2 Kings 10:1
    And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,
  17. 2 Kings 10:6
    Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
  18. 2 Kings 10:7
    And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
  19. 2 Kings 10:11
    So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
  20. 2 Chronicles 22:6
    And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
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