JEZRAEL, or JEZREEL, a town in the north of Samaria, towards Mount Carmel, where stood a palace of the kings of Israel, and upon the borders of Galilee. It was said to be one of the towns of Issachar. The valley of Jezreel, situated to the north of the town, runs from west to east for ten miles, between two mountains, the one to the north, commonly called Hermon, near Mount Tabor, the other Gilboa; and it was in breadth two miles.