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Jezreel ((ヘブライ語:יזרעאל) ''Yizre'el'', "God soweth") was an ancient Israelite city and fortress originally within the boundaries of the Tribe of Issachar,〔Joshua 19:18〕 and later within the northern Kingdom of Israel. According to the Book of Kings, the royal palace of King Ahab in Jezreel was adjacent to the vineyard of Naboth. Prior to the division of the United Kingdom of Israel, the city was also the hometown of Ahinoam, first wife of King David. The modern archaeological site is located on a low hill on the southern edge of the Jezreel Valley's eastern edge in northern Israel.〔David Ussishkin, "Jezreel—Where Jezebel Was Thrown to the Dogs", ''Biblical Archaeology Review'' July / August 2010. (Read Online )〕 Archaeologists David Ussishkin and John Woodhead believe that Jezreel was a fortress that served as a cavalry base for King Ahab.〔 ==Biblical== As recounted in , after Jehu kills King Jehoram, he confronts Jezebel in Jezreel and urges her eunuchs to kill Jezebel by throwing her out of a window. They comply, tossing her out the window and leaving her in the street to be eaten by dogs. Only Jezebel's skull, feet, and hands remained. In Jehu orders the death of 70 descendants of Ahab, and has their heads sent to the new king in Jezreel and piled up "in two heaps at the gate entrance."〔 The "breathtaking views" that the site commands to the north and east are considered to have been of strategic importance in Israelite times because the commercial and military highway from Egypt to Syria and Mesopotamia passed through Megiddo, Beth Shean and along the Jezreel Valley.〔 Water was supplied by cisterns inside the walls and by the spring of 'En Jezreel northeast of the fortress.〔 Because of the strategic location, ample water supply, and excellent grazing in the Jezreel Valley, archaeologists David Ussishkin and John Woodhead believe that Jezreel was the base for King Ahab's chariot corps and cavalry.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jezreel (city)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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