Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Jezreel, Portion of

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Jezreel, Fountain of
Next Entry
Jezreel, Tower of
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(חֵלֶק ), merely signifies the field or country adjoining the city, where the crime of Ahab had been perpetrated, and where its retribution was to be exacted (2 Kings 9:10; 2 Kings 9:21; 2 Kings 9:36-37; comp. 2 Kings 9:25-26). Naboth was stoned to death outside the city of Jezreel (1 Kings 21:13), and the dogs licked up Ahab's blood that was clotted in the bottom of his chariot, before it was washed, near the pool of Samaria (1 Kings 22:35; 1 Kings 22:38); hence Schwarz (Palest. p. 165, note) proposes to render the expression אֲשֶׁר בַּמְקוֹם "in the place where" (occurring in the sentence of retaliation, 1 Kings 21:19), as signifying "in punishment for that;" but this construction is not in accordance with the Heb. idiom (see Gesenius' Lex. s.v. מָקוֹם ), and the other incidents furnish a sufficiently exact fulfilment of the prediction (see Clarke's Comment. ad loc.).

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Jezreel, Portion of'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​j/jezreel-portion-of.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile