Ajalon in the Bible
At a glance
- Name: Ajalon
- Classification: Place
- Testament: Old Testament
- Verse mentions: 3
- Books: 2
- Chapters: 3
Description
Ajalon was a valley and a city in the territory of Dan, where Joshua defeated the Amorites, mentioned in Joshua.
KJV Bible references
Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Jethlah,
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.