Bible Dictionary
Jezreel, Fountain of
The fountain of Jezreel was a spring near the city of Jezreel where Saul camped before the battle of Gilboa. It may be associated with the spring of Harod.
Definition
The fountain of Jezreel was a spring near Jezreel where Saul encamped before the battle of Gilboa.
Biblical Usage
The fountain is associated with Saul’s encampment before the Philistine battle described in 1 Samuel 29:1.
Historical Background
The supplied material describes two substantial springs beneath Zerin, one issuing from rock into a clear pool. It may be identical with the well of Harod, possibly the spring called Ain Jalud.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
Where Saul encamped before the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam. 29:1). In the valley under Zerin there are two considerable springs, one of which, perhaps that here referred to, “flows from under a sort of cavern in the wall of conglomerate rock which here forms the base of Gilboa. The water is excellent; and issuing from crevices in the rocks, it spreads out at once into a fine limpid pool forty or fifty feet in diameter, full of fish” (Robinson). This may be identical with the “well of Harod” (Judg. 7:1; comp. 2 Sam. 23:25), probably the ‘Ain Jalud, i.e., the “spring of Goliath.”