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The Jezreel Valley is the location of a number of important settlements both ancient and modern. The ancient city of Megiddo is located in the south and west of the valley. The largest modern settlement in the Jezreel Valley is the city of Afula ,arabic عفولة also known as the "Capital of the Valley". The Jezreel Valley is significant to Christian believers as the site of the future Battle of Armageddon . IN BIBLICAL TIMES In the Bible, the Valley of Jezreel lies to the north of s. Saul and Jonathan with the flower of the army of Israel fell ( 1 Samuel 31:1-6). This name later grew to refer to the entire plain of Esdraelon . Only this plain of Jezreel and the one north of Lake Huleh were then accessible to the chariots of the Canaanites (compare 2 Kings 9:21; 10:15). EXTERNAL LINKS
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