Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H357
אַיָּלוֹן
ay.ya.lon · “Aijalon”
Used 10 times across 5 books
Definition
§ Ajalon or Aijalon = "field of deer"
Levitical city in Dan, 14 miles or 25 km NW of Jerusalem, later ruled by the Amorites, then the Benjamites of Judah, then by the Philistines
Where it appears
Joshua3
Judges2
1 Samuel1
1 Chronicles2
2 Chronicles2
In the text
Joshua 10:12Then 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 19:42And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,Joshua 21:24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath–rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.Judges 1:35But 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 12:12And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.1 Samuel 14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.1 Chronicles 6:54Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.1 Chronicles 8:13Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:2 Chronicles 11:10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.2 Chronicles 28:18The 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 thereof: and they dwelt there.
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