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Aijalon

Named in 9 verses across 5 books, first in Judges 1:35.

In the Bible

All 2 verses in Judges, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Judges

  • Judges 1:35

    And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.

  • Judges 12:12

    Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

A city in the tribe of Zebulun (Judg. 12:12), the modern Jalun, three miles north of Cabul.

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