Topic
Aijalon, or Ajalon
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Joshua 10:12Smith
¶ Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
- Joshua 19:42Smith
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
- Joshua 21:24Smith
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
- Judges 1:35Smith
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
- Judges 12:12Smith
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
- 1 Samuel 14:31Smith
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
- 1 Chronicles 6:66Smith
And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
- 1 Chronicles 6:69Smith
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
- 2 Chronicles 11:10Smith
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18Smith
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages…
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 12 references
- A city of the Kohathites. (Joshua 21:24; 1 Chronicles 6:69) It was a Levitical city and a city of refuge. It was originally allotted to the tribe of Dan, (Joshua 19:42) Authorized Version, AJALON, which tribe, however, was unable to dispossess the Amorites of the place. (Judges 1:35) Aijalon was one of the towns fortified by Reheboam, (2 Chronicles 11:10) and the last we hear of it is being in the hands of the Philistines. (2 Chronicles 28:18) Being on the very frontier of the two kingdoms, we can understand how Aijalon should be spoken of sometimes, (1 Chronicles 6:69) comp. with 1Chr 6:66 As in Ephraim and sometimes, (2 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Samuel 14:31) as in Judah and Benjamin. It is represented by the modern Yalo , a little to the north of the Jaffa road, about 14 miles out of Jerusalem.
- A broad and beautiful valley near the city of Aijalon over which Joshua commanded the moon to stand still during the pursuit after the battle of Gibeon. (Joshua 10:12)
- A place in Zebulon, mentioned as the burial-place of Elon, one of the Judges. (Judges 12:12)
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.