Topic
Ajalon
10 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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- Joshua 10:12Easton · Nave 4. A valley
¶ 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.
- Judges 1:35Easton · Nave 1. A city of Dan — Amorites of, not exterminated
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 12:12Easton · Nave 2. A city of Zebulun
And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
- 1 Samuel 14:31Easton · Nave 1. A city of Dan — Assigned to the Levites. A city of refuge
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
- 1 Chronicles 6:69Easton · Nave 1. A city of Dan — Assigned to the Levites. A city of refuge
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
- 2 Chronicles 11:10Easton · Nave 3. A city of Judah
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18Easton · Nave 3. A city of Judah
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…
- Joshua 19:42Nave 1. A city of Dan
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
- Joshua 21:24Nave 1. A city of Dan — Assigned to the Levites. A city of refuge
Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
- 1 Chronicles 8:13Easton
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
And Aij’alon, place of deer. (1.) A town and valley originally assigned to the tribe of Dan, from which, however, they could not drive the Amorites (Judg. 1:35). It was one of the Levitical cities given to the Kohathites (1 Chr. 6:69). It was not far from Beth-shemesh (2 Chr. 28:18). It was the boundary between the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, and is frequently mentioned in Jewish history (2 Chr. 11:10; 1 Sam. 14:31; 1 Chr. 8:13). With reference to the valley named after the town, Joshua uttered the celebrated command, “Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon” (Josh. 10:12). It has been identified as the modern Yalo, at the foot of the Beth-horon pass (q.v.). In the Tell Amarna letters Adoni-zedek (q.v.) speaks of the destruction of the “city of Ajalon” by the invaders, and describes himself as “afflicted, greatly afflicted” by the calamities that had come on the land, urging the king of Egypt to hasten to his help.
(2.) A city in the tribe of Zebulun (Judg. 12:12), the modern Jalun, three miles north of Cabul.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
aj'-a-lon. See AIJALON.
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Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.