The signs of its limited habitation during this period agree with the Biblical accounts of the city: It quickly rose to prominence during Ahab’s reign and then, at Jehovah’s command, was apparently brought down in disgrace when Jehu “went on to strike down all who were left over of the house of Ahab in Jezreel and all his distinguished men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he had let no survivor of his remain. ” ​ — 2 Kings 10: 11.
येहूने “अहाबाच्या घराण्यातील जे लोक उरले होते ते सर्व, त्याचे सर्व थोर पुरूष, जिवलग मित्र व याजक हे... वधिले, त्यातला एकहि शेष राहू दिला नाही. ” — २ राजे १०: ११.