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Reference: Aijalon, or Ajalon

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Aij'alon, or Aj'alon

(place of gazelles).

1. A city of the Kohathites.

Jos 21:24; 1Ch 6:69

It was a Levitical city and a city of refuge. It was originally allotted to the tribe of Dan,

Jos 19:42

Authorized Version, AJALON, which tribe, however, was unable to dispossess the Amorites of the place.

Jg 1:35

Aijalon was one of the towns fortified by Reheboam,

2Ch 11:10

and the last we hear of it is being in the hands of the Philistines.

2Ch 28:18

Being on the very frontier of the two kingdoms, we can understand how Aijalon should be spoken of sometimes,

1Ch 6:69

comp. with 1Chr 6:66 as in Ephraim and sometimes,

2Ch 11:10; 1Sa 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.

2. 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.

Jos 10:12

3. A place in Zebulon, mentioned as the burial-place of Elon, one of the Judges.

Jg 12:12

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Josh 10:12

Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "O sun, stand still at Gibeon, And O moon in the valley of Aijalon."

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Verse Concepts

Josh 19:42

and Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Ithlah,

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Josh 21:24

Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities.

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Judg 1:35

yet the Amorites persisted in living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon and in Shaalbim; but when the power of the house of Joseph grew strong, they became forced labor.

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Judg 12:12

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

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1 Chron 6:66

Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

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1 Chron 6:69

Aijalon with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands;

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2 Chron 11:10

Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.

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2 Chron 11:10

Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.

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2 Chron 28:18

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the Negev of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and they settled there.

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