עִיּוֹןʻÎyôwn

proper name [of a location]: in Naphtali (1 Kings 15:20; 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Samuel 24:6)

Pronunciation: ee-yone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5859

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 15:20 Ben-hadad agreed to King Asa’s request and sent the commanders of his army to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Kinnereth, and all the land of Naphtali.
  • 2 Kings 15:29 During Pekah’s reign, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Israel again, and he captured the towns of Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also conquered the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and all of Naphtali, and he took the people to Assyria as captives.
  • 2 Chronicles 16:4 Ben-hadad agreed to King Asa’s request and sent the commanders of his army to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all the store cities in Naphtali.

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).