יִזְרְעֶאל Yizri'el | |
![]() Tel Jezreel looking east toward Gilboa. | |
Location | Yizre'el, Israel |
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Region | Jezreel Valley |
Coordinates | 32°33′28.27″N 35°19′40.63″E / 32.5578528°N 35.3279528°E |
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.