The Philistines brought all their troops together at Aphek, while the Israelites camped at the spring in Jezreel Valley.

Its area included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

Another descendant of Saul was Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, who was five years old when Saul and Jonathan were killed. When the news about their death came from the city of Jezreel, his nurse picked him up and fled; but she was in such a hurry that she dropped him, and he became crippled.