Bible Dictionary: Ajalon

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ajalon

a chain; strength; a stag

Easton's Bible Dictionary

And Aij'alon, place of deer.

(1.) A town and valley originally assigned to the tribe of Dan, from which, however, they could not drive the Amorites (Judges 1:35). It was one of the Levitical cities given to the Kohathites (1 Chronicles 6:69). It was not far from Beth-shemesh (2 Chronicles 28:18). It was the boundary between the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, and is frequently mentioned in Jewish history (2 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Samuel 14:31; 1 Chronicles 8:13). With reference to the valley named after the town, Joshua uttered the celebrated command, "Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon" (Joshua 10:12). It has been identified as the modern Yalo, at the foot of the Beth-horon pass (q.v.). In the Tell Amarna letters Adoni-zedek (q.v.) speaks of the destruction of the "city of Ajalon" by the invaders, and describes himself as "afflicted, greatly afflicted" by the calamities that had come on the land, urging the king of Egypt to hasten to his help.

(2.) A city in the tribe of Zebulun (Judges 12:12), the modern Jalun, three miles north of Cabul.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

AJALON

aj'-a-lon. See AIJALON.

Strong's Hebrew

357. Ayyalon -- "deer," the name of several cities in Palestine
... NASB Word Usage Aijalon (10). Aijalon, Ajalon. From 'ayal; deer-field; Ajalon, the
name of five places in Palestine -- Aijalon, Ajalon. see HEBREW 'ayal. ...
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Library

Praying Saints of the Old Testaments
... upon the occasion, cried out in the sight and in the hearing of Israel, "Sun, stand
thou still upon Gideon, and thou moon in the Valley of Ajalon." And the sun ...
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On the Prophet Isaiah. I.
... heathen host should escape on the descent of night, cried out, saying, "Sun, stand
thou still in Gibeon; and thou moon, in the valley of Ajalon," [1278] until ...
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From Letter xxix . --(For 357. ) from the Twenty-Ninth Letter, of ...
... And if the sun stood still in Gibeon [4532] , and the moon in the valley of Ajalon,
yet this was the work, not of the son of Nun, but of the Lord, Who heard ...
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Perpetual Youth
... Many a despairing voice has prayed as the sands ran out, and joys fled, 'Sun, stand
thou still on Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon,' but in vain ...
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Of Stations, and of the Hours of Prayer.
... [1085] The sun "stood" in Gibeon, and the moon in Ajalon; the sun and the moon
"stood in station until the People was avenged of his enemies, and the sun stood ...
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The Content of Prayer: Its Four Moods
... 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;" and in ...
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On the Diversity of Spiritual Gifts.
... him, though in the war with the Jebusites he had made the sun stand still over against
Gibeon, and the moon over against the valley of Ajalon, [3569] because ...
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The Bitterness and Blessedness of the Brevity of Life
... pray, 'Sun! stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou moon! in the valley of
Ajalon,'"the tramp of the hours goes on. The poets paint ...
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Letter cviii. To Eustochium.
... up lower and higher Beth-horon, cities founded by Solomon [2769] but subsequently
destroyed by several devastating wars; seeing on her right Ajalon and Gibeon ...
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Five Kings in a Cave
... 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. ...
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Thesaurus

Ajalon (10 Occurrences)
... to the valley named after the town, Joshua uttered the celebrated command, "Sun,
stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon" (Joshua 10 ...
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Shephelah (2 Occurrences)
... HGHL, 203;). "North of Ajalon the low hills which run out on Sharon are
connected with the high mountains behind them. You ascend ...
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Territory (140 Occurrences)
... the more broken mountain groups of "Samaria." Another less natural, though much
more historic, frontier is that which traverses the Vale of Ajalon, follows the ...
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Valley (187 Occurrences)
... 20:26); the king's "dale" (Genesis 14:17); of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:2, 12), of Achor
(Joshua 7:24; Isaiah 65:10), Succoth (Psalm 60:6), Ajalon (Joshua 10:12 ...
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Jethlah (1 Occurrence)
... JETHLAH. jeth'-la (yithlah). See ITHLAH. Multi-Version Concordance Jethlah (1
Occurrence). Joshua 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Jithlah (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Jithlah (1 Occurrence). Joshua 19:42
and Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jithlah, (DBY). ...
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Guimzo (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Chronicles 28:18 And the Philistines invaded the cities of the lowland, and of
the south of Judah, and took Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Socho ...
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Beth-horon (12 Occurrences)
... were opposing King Saul at Michmash they sent a company of their men to hold "the
way of Beth-horon." This pass ascends from the plain of Ajalon (now Yalo) and ...
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Beriah (10 Occurrences)
... (3.) A Benjamite who with his brother Shema founded Ajalon and expelled the Gittites
(1 Chronicles 8:13). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BERIAH; BERIITES. ...
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Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)
... were opposing King Saul at Michmash they sent a company of their men to hold "the
way of Beth-horon." This pass ascends from the plain of Ajalon (now Yalo) and ...
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Bible Concordance

Ajalon (10 Occurrences)

Joshua 10:12 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.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Joshua 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
(KJV DBY WBS)

Joshua 21:24 Ajalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs: four cities;
(DBY WBS)

Judges 1:35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Ajalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
(WBS)

Judges 12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Ajalon in the country of Zebulun.
(WBS)

1 Samuel 14:31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajalon; and the people were very faint.
(DBY WBS)

1 Chronicles 6:69 and Ajalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs;
(DBY WBS)

1 Chronicles 8:13 and Beriah, and Shema, who were chief fathers of the inhabitants of Ajalon; they drove away the inhabitants of Gath.
(DBY WBS)

2 Chronicles 11:10 and Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
(DBY WBS)

2 Chronicles 28:18 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.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Aj Alon

Ajalon

Ajalon or Aijalon

Ajalon: A City of Dan

Ajalon: A City of Dan: Amorites of, not Exterminated

Ajalon: A City of Dan: Assigned to the Levites. a City of Refuge

Ajalon: A City of Judah

Ajalon: A City of Zebulun

Ajalon: A Valley

Related Terms

Shephelah (2 Occurrences)