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See also:JEZREEL (Heb. " See also:God sows ") , the See also:capital of the Israelite See also:monarchy under See also:Ahab, and the See also:scene of stirring Biblical events (1 Sam. See also:xxix. 1; 1 See also:Kings xxi.; 2 Kings ix. 21—37). The name was also applied to the See also:great See also:plain (Esdraelon) dominated by the See also:city (" valley of Jezreel," Josh. xvii. 16, &c.). The site has never been lost, and the See also:present See also:village Zercin retains the name radically unchanged. In See also:Greek (e.g. See also:Judith) the name appears under the See also:form'Eabpa17X&; it is Stradela in the See also:Bordeaux See also:Pilgrim, and to the Crusaders the See also:place was known as Parvum Gerinum. The See also:modern See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone village stands on a See also:bare rocky knoll, 5ooft. above the broad See also:northern valley, at the See also:north extremity of a See also:long ledge, terminating in steep cliffs, forming See also:part of the See also:chain of Mt Gilboa. The buildings are modern, but some scanty remains of See also:rock-hewn See also:wine presses and a few scattered sarcophagi See also:mark the antiquity of the site. The view over the plains is See also:fine and extensive. It is vain now to look for Ahab's See also:palace or Naboth's vineyard. The See also:fountain mentioned in I Sam. xxix. I is perhaps the fine See also:spring `See also:Ain el Meiyyita, north of the village, a shallow See also:pool of See also:good See also:water full of small See also:fish, rising between See also:black See also:basalt boulders: or more probably the copious `Ain Jalud.
A second city named Jezreel See also:lay in the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill See also:country of See also:Judah, somewhere near See also:Hebron (Josh. xv. 56). This was the native place of See also:David's wife Abinoam (I Sam. )0xv..43).
See, for an excellent description of the scenery and See also:history of the Israelite Jezreel, G. A. See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, Hist. Geog. xix.
End of Article: JEZREEL (Heb. " God sows ")
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