Midvash

אַיָּלוֹןʼAyâlôwn

proper name [of a location]: Aijalon

Pronunciation: ah-yaw-lone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H357

Meanings

1. city in Dan (Joshua 19:42; Joshua 21:24; Judges 1:35)

2. city in Zebulun (Judges 12:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 10:12 On the day the Lord gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to the Lord in front of all the people of Israel. He said, “Let the sun stand still over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Aijalon.”
  • Joshua 19:42 Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
  • Joshua 21:24 Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four towns.
  • Judges 1:35 The Amorites were determined to stay in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the descendants of Joseph became stronger, they forced the Amorites to work as slaves.
  • Judges 12:12 When he died, he was buried at Aijalon in Zebulun.
  • 1 Samuel 14:31 They chased and killed the Philistines all day from Micmash to Aijalon, growing more and more faint.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).