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<p> ''''' ı̄´jon ''''' ( עיּון , <i> ''''' ‛ı̄yōn ''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] in Kings has Ἀίν , <i> ''''' Aı́n ''''' </i> , or Ναίν , <i> ''''' Naı́n ''''' </i> ; in Chronicles Ἰώ , <i> ''''' Iō̇ ''''' </i> ; Αἰών , <i> ''''' Aiō̇n ''''' </i> ): A town in the territory of Naphtali, first mentioned in connection with the invasion of Ben-hadad, in the reign of Baasha. It was captured along with Dan and Abel-beth-maacah (&nbsp; 1 Kings 15:20; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 16:4 ). It shared with these cities a similar fate at the hands of Tiglath-pileser in the reign of [[Pekah]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 15:29 ). The name survives in that of <i> ''''' Merj A‛yūn ''''' </i> , "meadow of springs," a rich, oval-shaped plain to the Northwest of <i> ''''' Tell el Ḳāḍy ''''' </i> , where the <i> ''''' Liṭāny ''''' </i> turns sharply westward to the sea. The ancient city may be represented by <i> ''''' Tell Dibbı̄n ''''' </i> , an important site to the North of the plain. </p>

<p> (iebo. yon', '''''עַיּוֹן''''' '','' place of ''Ruins;'' Sept. '''''Ἀϊ''''' v '''''Ν''''' , '''''Αίάν''''' , '''''Αιων''''' ), a frontier city of the kingdom of Israel, mentioned as being captured, along. with Abel- BethMeholah and other places in Naphtali, first by [[Benhadad]] of Syria (&nbsp;1 Kings 15:20; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 16:4), and afterwards by Tiglath- pileser of [[Assyria]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 15:29). The associated names and circumstances render the supposition of Dr. Robinson (Researches, 3, 346) very probable, that this locality corresponds to a large ruin-covered hill called Tell Debbin (Thomson, Land and Book, 1, 335), in the present Merj Ayun (meadow of fountains), a fine meadow tract between wady et-Teim and the Litany, north of Lake [[Huleh]] (comp. Bibliotheca Sacra, 1846, p. 204, 214; new edition of Researches, 3, 375; Schwarz, Palestine, p. 36). </p>