Ijon

Smith's Bible Dictionary

I'jon. (A Ruin). A town in the north of Palestine, belonging to the tribe of Naphtali. It was taken and plundered by the captains of Ben-hadad,  1 Kings 15:20;  2 Chronicles 16:4, and a second time by Tiglath-pileser.  2 Kings 16:29. It was situated a few miles northwest of the site of Dan, in a fertile and beautiful little plain called Merj' Ayun .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

IJON . A town in the north part of the mountains of Naphtali, noticed in   1 Kings 15:20 (=   2 Chronicles 16:4 ) as taken by Benhadad. It was also captured and depopulated by Tiglath-pileser (  2 Kings 15:29 ). The name survives in Merj ‘Ayûn , a plateau N. W. of Dan. The most important site in this plateau is Tell Dibbîn , which may be the site of Ijon.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("ruin".) A store city of Naphtali in N. Palestine. Captured by Benhadad's captains, at Asa's request for help against Baasha, king of Israel ( 1 Kings 15:20;  2 Chronicles 16:4). Taken also by Tiglath Pileser ( 2 Kings 15:29). The lovely little plain N.W. of Dan, at the foot of the hills of Naphtali, Merj Ayun, is probably the site.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Town in Naphtali.  1 Kings 15:20;  2 Kings 15:29;  2 Chronicles 16:4 . Identified by some with el Khiam, 33 19' N, 35 36' E .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Kings 15:20 1 Kings 15:21-22 2 Kings 15:29

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 1 Kings 15:20 2 Kings 15:29

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ı̄´jon ( עיּון , ‛ı̄yōn  ; Septuagint in Kings has Ἀίν , Aı́n , or Ναίν , Naı́n  ; in Chronicles Ἰώ , Iō̇  ; Αἰών , Aiō̇n ): 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 (  1 Kings 15:20;  2 Chronicles 16:4 ). It shared with these cities a similar fate at the hands of Tiglath-pileser in the reign of Pekah ( 2 Kings 15:29 ). The name survives in that of Merj A‛yūn , "meadow of springs," a rich, oval-shaped plain to the Northwest of Tell el Ḳāḍy , where the Liṭāny turns sharply westward to the sea. The ancient city may be represented by Tell Dibbı̄n , an important site to the North of the plain.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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 ( 1 Kings 15:20;  2 Chronicles 16:4), and afterwards by Tiglath- pileser of Assyria ( 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).