Reference: Aijalon
Fausets
(AIJALON or AJALON, "a place of gazelles" (Jos 19:42; 21:24).
1. Originally of Dan; which tribe, however, could not dispossess the Amorites (Jg 1:35). Assigned to the Levite Kohathites, among the 48 Levitical cities (1Ch 6:69). Fortified by Rehoboam of Judah, in his war with Israel, the northern kingdom, though sometimes, as being a border city, mentioned as in Ephraim (2Ch 11:10; 28:18). Taken by the Philistines from the weak Ahaz (1Ch 6:66,69). Now Yalo, N. of the Jaffa road, 14 miles from Jerusalem, on the hill side, bounding on the S. the valley Merj-ibn-Omeir. Alluded to in the memorable apostrophe of Joshua, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou moon in the valley of Ajalon" (Jos 10:12).
2. The burial place of the judge (Jg 12:12) Elon in Zebulun.
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Then will Joshua speak to Jehovah in the day Jehovah will give the Amorite before the sons of Israel, and he will say before the eyes of Israel, Sun in Gibeon, be thou silent, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Then will Joshua speak to Jehovah in the day Jehovah will give the Amorite before the sons of Israel, and he will say before the eyes of Israel, Sun in Gibeon, be thou silent, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Ailon and her area, and the Press of the Pomegranate and her area: four cities.
Ailon and her area, and the Press of the Pomegranate and her area: four cities.
And the Amorite willed to dwell in mount Heres and in Ajalon, and in Shaalbim: and the hand of the house of Joseph will be heavy, and they will be for tribute
And the Amorite willed to dwell in mount Heres and in Ajalon, and in Shaalbim: and the hand of the house of Joseph will be heavy, and they will be for tribute
And Elon the Zebulonite will die and will be buried in Elon in the land of Zebulon.
And Elon the Zebulonite will die and will be buried in Elon in the land of Zebulon.
And from the families of the sons of Kohath and there will be cities of their bound from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.
And from the families of the sons of Kohath and there will be cities of their bound from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.
And Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of fortifications.
And Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of fortifications.
And the rovers invaded upon the cities of the low country, and the south to Judah, and they will take the house of the sun, and the oak, and the walls, and the branches and her daughters, and the portion assigned and her daughters, and Gimzo and her daughters: and they will dwell there.
And the rovers invaded upon the cities of the low country, and the south to Judah, and they will take the house of the sun, and the oak, and the walls, and the branches and her daughters, and the portion assigned and her daughters, and Gimzo and her daughters: and they will dwell there.
Hastings
1. A city allotted to, but not occupied by, Dan (Jos 19:42; Jg 1:35). We find it in the hands of Rehoboam (2Ch 11:10); later the Philistines took it (2Ch 28:18). It may be the modern Y
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And the Amorite willed to dwell in mount Heres and in Ajalon, and in Shaalbim: and the hand of the house of Joseph will be heavy, and they will be for tribute
And Elon the Zebulonite will die and will be buried in Elon in the land of Zebulon.
And Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of fortifications.
And the rovers invaded upon the cities of the low country, and the south to Judah, and they will take the house of the sun, and the oak, and the walls, and the branches and her daughters, and the portion assigned and her daughters, and Gimzo and her daughters: and they will dwell there.
Morish
Ai'jalon
See AJALON.
Watsons
AIJALON, a city of the Canaanites; the valley adjoining to which is memorable in sacred history from the miracle of Joshua, in arresting the course of the sun and moon, that the Israelites might have sufficient light to pursue their enemies, Jos 10:12-13. Aijalon was afterward a Levitical city, and belonged to the tribe of Dan; who did not, however, drive out the Amorite inhabitants, Jg 1:35.
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Then will Joshua speak to Jehovah in the day Jehovah will give the Amorite before the sons of Israel, and he will say before the eyes of Israel, Sun in Gibeon, be thou silent, and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun will be silent, and the moon stood, till the people will be avenged upon its enemies. Is it not written upon the book of the upright? and the sun will stand in the half of the heavens, and it hasted not to go down for a whole day.
And the Amorite willed to dwell in mount Heres and in Ajalon, and in Shaalbim: and the hand of the house of Joseph will be heavy, and they will be for tribute