Tel Jezreel

Jezreel

יִזְרְעֶאל‎ Yizri'el
Tel Jezreel looking east toward Gilboa.
Shown within Israel
Location	Yizre'el, Israel
Region	Jezreel Valley
Coordinates	32°33′28.27″N 35°19′40.63″E / 32.5578528°N 35.3279528°E / 32.5578528; 35.3279528
Type	palace
Part of	town
History
Builder	Unknown
Material	stone
Associated with	Ahab, Jezebel, Naboth, Ahinoam, Jehu, Elijah
Site notes
Excavation dates	1990-1996
Archaeologists	David Ussishkin, John Woodhead

Tel Jezreel (Hebrew: יִזְרְעֶאל‬, romanized: Yizrəʿʾel, lit. 'God will sow') is an archaeological site in the eastern Jezreel Valley in northern Israel. The city of Jezreel served as a main fortress of the Northern Kingdom of Israel under king Ahab in the 9th century BCE.