Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
SHEARING-HOUSE, a spot between Jezreel and Samaria where Jehu slew forty-two of the royal family of Judah. 2 Kgs 10:12, 2 Kgs 10:14. According to Eusebius, it is in the plain of Jezreel, 15 Roman miles from Legio (Lejun), and Conder suggests Akadah as the site, on the western side of the great plain.