| Aj 'alon. A city of the Kohathites. Joshua 21:24; 1 Chronicles 6:69 It was a Levitical city and a city of refuge. It was originally allotted to the tribe of Dan, Joshua 19:42 Authorized Version, See AJALON, which tribe, however, was unable to dispossess the Amorites of the place. Judges 1:35 Aijalon was one of the towns fortified by Reheboam, 2 Chronicles 11:10 and the last we hear of it is being in the hands of the Philistines. 28:18 Being on the very frontier of the two kingdoms, we can understand how Aijalon should be spoken of sometimes, 1 Chronicles 6:69 comp. with 6:66 as in Ephraim and sometimes, 2 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Samuel 14:31 as in Judah and Benjamin. It is represented by the modern Yalo, a little to the north of the Jaffa road, about 14 miles out of Jerusalem. Smith's Bible Dictionary or |