JEZRAEL, or JEZREEL, a town in the north of
Samaria, towards Mount Carmel, where stood a palace
of the kings of Israel, (1 Kings xxi. 18). On the bor-
ders of Galilee (Joshua xix.) said to be one of the
towns of Issachar.—The valley of Jezreel (Judges
vi. 17.) was situated to the north of the town, run-
ning from west to east for ten miles, between two
mountains; the one to the north, commonly called
Hermom, near Mount Tabor; the other Gibsa: in
breadth two miles.
IE, an island of France, in Provence, and the most
eastern of the three before the harbour of Marseilles.
It is very well fortified, and its port one of the best in
the Mediterranean.