Tel Jezreel

Jezreel
יִזְרְעֶאל
Yizri'el
Tel Jezreel looking east toward Gilboa.
Tel Jezreel is located in Israel
Tel Jezreel
Shown within Israel
LocationYizre'el, Israel
RegionJezreel Valley
Coordinates32°33′28.27″N 35°19′40.63″E / 32.5578528°N 35.3279528°E / 32.5578528; 35.3279528
Typepalace
Part oftown
History
BuilderUnknown
Materialstone
Associated withAhab, Jezebel, Naboth, Ahinoam, Jehu, Elijah
Site notes
Excavation dates1990-1996
ArchaeologistsDavid Ussishkin, John Woodhead

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