Difference between revisions of "Ono"

<p> A town of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:12). The men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721 in number, returned from [[Babylon]] (Nehemiah 7:37). Its plain is mentioned (Nehemiah 6:2); identified by some with "the valley of craftsmen" (Nehemiah 11:35). Kefr [[Ana]] and Ania are suggested as representing Ono; but there are objections to both. </p>

<p> A town of Benjamin, near Lydda, 1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33 . The "plain of Ono" is supposed to denote a portion of the Plain of [[Sharon]] near Ono, Nehemiah 6:2; 11:35 . </p>

<p> (Heb. Ono', אוֹנוֹ [Nehemiah 7:37, אֹנוֹ ], strong; Sept. ᾿Ωνώ, .but ᾿Ωνών ‘ in Nehemiah 7:37, v. r. ᾿Ωνάν; and Αἰλάμ .r. r. Ἀδάμ in Chron.), the name of a city of the tribe of Dan; and perhaps originally that of its founder. It does not appear in the catalogues of the book of Joshua, but is first found in 1 Chronicles 8:12, where [[Shamed]] or [[Shamer]] is said to have built Ono and Lod with their "daughter villages." It was therefore probe ably annexed by the Benjamites subsequently to their original settlement, like Aijalon, which was allotted to Dan, but is found afterwards, in the hands of the Benjamites (1 Chronicles 8:13). The tradition of the [[Talmudists]] is that it was left intact by Joshua, but burned during the war of [[Gibeah]] (Judges 20:48), and that 1 Chronicles 8:12 describes its restoration. (See [[Targum]] on this latter passage.) The men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, to the number of 725 (or Nehemiah 721), returned from the captivity with [[Zerubbabel]] (Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; see also 1 [[Esdras]] 5:22). A valley ( בַּקְעָה ) was attached to the town, and bore its name, "the plain of Ono" (Nehemiah 6:2), perhaps identical with the "valley of craftsmen" (Nehemiah 11:56); and in any case a part or extension of the vale of Sharon. By [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] Ono is not named. The rabbins frequently mention it, but without any indication of its position further than that it was three miles from Lod. (See the citations from the [[Talmud]] in Lightfoot [Chor. Decad on S. Mark, ch. ix, § 3] and Schwarz [Palest. p. 135]). A village called Kef- ‘ Ana is enumerated by Robinson among the places in the districts of Ramleh and Lydd (Bib. Res. iii, - 1st ed. App. 120, 121). This village, almost due north of Ludd, is suggested bs [[Vain]] de Velde (Memoir. p. 337) as identical with Ono. Against the identification are the difference in the names — the modern one containing the letter Ain-. and the distance from Lydda, which, instead of being three milliaria, is fully five, being more than four English miles, according to [[Van]] de Velde's map. These difficulties, however, do not seem insuperable objections. Winer remarks that Beit Unia is more suitable as far as its orthography is concerned; but on the other hand it is much too far distant from Ludd to meet the requirements of the passages quoted above. </p>

<p> ''''' ō´nō ''''' ( אונו , <i> ''''' 'ōnō ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus Ωνάν , <i> ''''' Ōnán ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus Ωνώ , <i> ''''' Ōnṓ ''''' </i> , and other forms): A town mentioned along with Lod as fortified by certain Benjamites ( 1 Chronicles 8:12 ). The [[Mishna]] ( <i> '''''‛Ǎrākhı̄n''''' </i> ix.6) says that Joshua fortified it, but there is no such early notice of it in Scripture. It was occupied by Benjamites after the return from exile (Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35 ). In one of the villages in the plain of Ono, [[Sanballat]] and his friends vainly tried to inveigle Nehemiah into a conference (Nehemiah 6:2 ). It is represented by the modern <i> '''''Kefr''''' </i> <i> '''''‛Anā''''' </i> , which lies to the Northwest of Lydda. In 1 Esdras 5:22, the name appears as "Onus." </p>