Ajalon
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Ajalon in the Bible Dictionary
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1. A city of Dan
Josh 19:42
42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
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Assigned to the Levites. A city of refuge
Josh 21:24; 1 Sam 14:31; 1 Chr 6:69
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
Joshua 21:2431 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
1 Samuel 14:3169 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles 6:69 -
Amorites of, not exterminated
Judg 1:35
35 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.
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2. A city of Zebulun
Judg 12:12
12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
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3. A city of Judah
2 Chr 28:18; 11:10
18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, 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.
2 Chronicles 28:1810 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
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4. A valley
Josh 10:12
12 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 10:12
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
