Jezreel
Hebrew: יזרעאל
Meaning: God scatters
This was the name of 2 biblical cities and 2 men.
Jezreel, a city of the Tribe of Issachar (Joshua 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1 Kings 18:45; 21:1; 2 Kings 9:30)
King Ahab and his Queen Jezebel had their palace here. Here the prophet Elijah met Ahab, Jehu, and Bidkar; and here Jehu executed his dreadful commission against the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9:14-37; 10:1-11).
Jezreel, a town in Judah (Joshua 15:56), to the southeast of Hebron
Ahinoam, one of David’s wives, probably belonged to this place (1 Samuel 27:3).
Jezreel, a symbolic name given by Hosea to his oldest son (Hos. 1:4), in token of a great slaughter predicted by him, like that which had formerly taken place in the plain of Esdraelon (compare Hos. 1:4-5)
Jezreel, a man of Judah who was the son of Etam
His brothers were Ishma and Idbash, and his sister was Hazelelponi (1 Chronicles 4:3).