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Esdraelon (ĕs'drəē`lən) [Gr. for Jezreel 1 City, ancient Palestine, in the plain of Esdraelon , halfway from Megiddo to the Jordan, and mentioned in the Bible. Situated on land allotted to Issachar's tribe, Jezreel was a residence (9th cent. B.C.) of King Ahab, whose family was called the house of Jezreel. ..... Click the link for more information. ], fertile plain, c.200 sq mi (520 sq km), extending southeast c.25 mi (40 km) between the coastal plain, near Mt. Carmel, and the Jordan River valley, N Israel; separates the hills of Galilee on the north from those of Samaria to the south. The plain is drained in the west by the Kishon River and in the east by the Harod. Once a swampy, malarial lowland, Esdraelon has been drained and turned into one of Israel's most fertile and densely populated regions. A great variety of crops are produced there in abundance. Since ancient times the plain has been a battleground, especially around Megiddo Megiddon. See also Armageddon . BibliographySee Megiddo (Univ. of Chicago, Parts I–II, 1939–48); G. Loud, The Megiddo Ivories (1939). ..... Click the link for more information. . Esdraelon is also called the plain of Jezreel or of Megiddo. Esdraelon a plain in N Israel, east of Mount Carmel How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Mead's estimation that the water resources of the upper Jordan Valley and the adjoining Jezreel Valley could support an additional 8,000 families underwrote Weizmann's claim that these families would produce enough to support the settlement of an additional 25,000 families and enabled Weizmann to finally dismiss those still arguing for a Crimean homeland. |
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