Difference between revisions of "Aijalon"

<p> <translit> ā´ja </translit> - <translit> lon </translit> ( <span> איּלון </span> , <i> <translit> 'ayyālōn </translit> </i> , "deerplace"; the [[King]] [[James]] Version, <span> [[Ajalon]] </span> ( <span> [[Joshua]] 10:12 </span> )): </p> <p> (1) The name of a town allotted to the tribe of [[Dan]] ( <span> Joshua 19:42 </span> ), which was also designated a [[Levitical]] city ( <span> Joshua 21:24 </span> ), which fell to the Sons of [[Kohath]] ( <span> 1 [[Chronicles]] 6:69 </span> ). The first mention of [[Aijalon]] is in the narrative of Joshua's defeat of the five [[Amorite]] kings: "thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon" ( <span> Joshua 10:12 </span> ). The [[Danites]] failed to take it from the [[Amorites]] ( <span> [[Judges]] 1:35 </span> ), although the men of [[Ephraim]] held it in vassalage. [[Here]] [[Saul]] and [[Jonathan]] won a great victory over the [[Philistines]] ( <span> 1 [[Samuel]] 14:31 </span> ). At one time it was held by the tribe of [[Benjamin]] ( <span> 1 Chronicles 8:13 </span> ). [[Rehoboam]] fortified it against the kingdom of [[Israel]] ( <span> 2 Chronicles 11:10 </span> ). [[In]] the days of King [[Ahaz]] it was captured by the Philistines ( <span> 2 Chronicles 28:18 </span> ). It has been identified with the modern Yalo; its antiquity goes back to <i> [[Tell]] el-Amarna [[Letters]] </i> , in which it has mention. It Is situated Northwest of [[Jerusalem]] in a valley of the same name, which leads down from the mountains to the sea. </p> <p> (2) A town in the tribe of Zebulun, site unknown, where [[Elon]] the judge was buried ( <span> Judges 12:12 </span> ). </p>