Esdraelon
enUKEs·dra·e·lon
E0211200 (ĕs′drā-ē′lŏn, -drə-, ĕz′-), Plain ofEsdraelon
(ˌɛsdreɪˈiːlɒn)Es•dra•e•lon
(ˌɛs dreɪˈi lɒn, -drə-, ˌɛz-)n.
单词 | esdraelon |
释义 | EsdraelonenUKEs·dra·e·lonE0211200 (ĕs′drā-ē′lŏn, -drə-, ĕz′-), Plain ofEsdraelon(ˌɛsdreɪˈiːlɒn)Es•dra•e•lon(ˌɛs dreɪˈi lɒn, -drə-, ˌɛz-)n. EsdraelonenUKEsdraelon(ĕs'drəē`lən) [Gr. for JezreelJezreel[Heb.,=God sows]. 1 City, ancient Palestine, in the plain of Esdraelon, halfway from Megiddo to the Jordan, and mentioned in the Bible. Situated on land allotted to Issachar's tribe, Jezreel was a residence (9th cent. B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. ], fertile plain, c.200 sq mi (520 sq km), extending southeast c.25 mi (40 km) between the coastal plain, near Mt. Carmel, and the Jordan River valley, N Israel; separates the hills of Galilee on the north from those of Samaria to the south. The plain is drained in the west by the Kishon River and in the east by the Harod. Once a swampy, malarial lowland, Esdraelon has been drained and turned into one of Israel's most fertile and densely populated regions. A great variety of crops are produced there in abundance. Since ancient times the plain has been a battleground, especially around MegiddoMegiddo , city, ancient Palestine, by the Kishon River on the southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, N of Samaria, located at present-day Tel Megiddo, SE of Haifa, Israel, near modern Megiddo. It was inhabited from the 7th millennium B.C. to c.450 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. . Esdraelon is also called the plain of Jezreel or of Megiddo. Esdraelon |
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