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Jezreel, Portion of
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (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.).
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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.
