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Ajalon

Town or city mentioned in 8 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.

31.841° N, 35.024° EConfident identification5 books

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Where it appears

Joshua (2), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1)

Key verses

Joshua 19:42 first mention — And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Joshua 21:24 — Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
Judges 1:35 — But 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.
1 Samuel 14:31 — And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
1 Chronicles 6:69 — And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles 8:13 — Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
2 Chronicles 11:10 — And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
2 Chronicles 28:18 — The 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.

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