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3 unusual facts about Jezreel


Jezreel's tower

As well being the subject of numerous postcards, it was painted by Tristram Hillier in 1937 as part of a series of posters for Royal Dutch Shell.

The sect, however, continued and was expanded upon by other “prophets”, including Richard Brothers, George Turner, William Shaw and John Wroe.

Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School

Another house, Tower — named after Jezreel's tower in Gillingham and intended for boys from that borough — was disbanded between the wars.


Degania

Its residents moved to the Jezreel Valley and founded Ginegar.

Hiwi al-Balkhi

He also protests against God's dealings with the houses of Baasha and Jehu, who are supposed to have provoked punishment from Heaven, the latter for his shedding the blood of Jezreel (Hos. i. 4) and the former for his having exterminated the house of Jeroboam (I Ki. xvi. 7), whilst according to other prophecies they were in so doing only fulfilling a commandment of God (I Ki. xvi. 14, and 2 Ki. x. 30).

Rail transport in Israel

During the 1948 War of Independence, much damage was done to the railways in the country, especially the Jezreel Valley railway, which was not rebuilt due to financial constraints and its incompatibility with the rest of the rail network.

Valley Regional Council

Jezreel Valley Regional Council, a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Jezreel Valley

Zir'in

The fear of Iraqi forces from Gesher in the east and Jenin in the south to form a "spearhead" and capture the Baysan and Jezreel valleys convinced the Jews to take Zir'in.


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