Aijalon

Aijalon (ă'julon, ī'–, ā'–) [key], in the Bible. 1. Town, on the border between Philistia and Israel, the modern Yalo (Israel), NW of Jerusalem. In the Tel-el-Amarna letters it is called Aialuna. 2. Town in Zabulon. 3. Valley over which Joshua commanded the moon to stand still.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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