Aijalon
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Other places named Aijalon: Aijalon (Judges 12).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ajalon |
| Most likely | Yalo (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.841° N, 35.024° E |
| Mentioned in | 8 verses |
| First mention | Joshua 19:42 |
Aijalon is a settlement named in 8 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Yalo (medium confidence; 2 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Yalo | medium (67%) | 31.841° N, 35.024° E |
| Tell el Kokah | low (17%) | 31.840° N, 35.026° E |
| Khirbet Haiyan | very low (-1%) | 31.905° N, 35.270° E |
Verses
Joshua
- Joshua 19:42And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
- Joshua 21:24Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath–rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
Judges
- Judges 1:35But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 14:31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 6:69And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath–rimmon with her suburbs:Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 8:13Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages), and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 11:10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth–shemesh, 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.The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.