Ajalon

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ajalon
     and Aij'alon, place of deer. (1.) A town and valley originally
     assigned to the tribe of Dan, from which, however, they could
     not drive the Amorites (Judg. 1:35). It was one of the Levitical
     cities given to the Kohathites (1 Chr. 6:69). It was not far
     from Beth-shemesh (2 Chr. 28:18). It was the boundary between


     the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, and is frequently mentioned in
     Jewish history (2 Chr. 11:10; 1 Sam. 14:31; 1 Chr. 8:13). With
     reference to the valley named after the town, Joshua uttered the
     celebrated command, "Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou,
     Moon, in the valley of Ajalon" (Josh. 10:12). It has been
     identified as the modern Yalo, at the foot of the Beth-horon
     pass (q.v.). In the Tell Amarna letters Adoni-zedek (q.v.)
     speaks of the destruction of the "city of Ajalon" by the
     invaders, and describes himself as "afflicted, greatly
     afflicted" by the calamities that had come on the land, urging
     the king of Egypt to hasten to his help.
     
       (2.) A city in the tribe of Zebulun (Judg. 12:12), the modern
     Jalun, three miles north of Cabul.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ajalon, a chain; strength; a stag