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AI - A>@ - (heap of ruins). A city lying east of Bethel and "beside Bethaven." kjv@Joshua:7:2 kjv@Joshua:8:9) It was the second city taken by Israel after the passage of the Jordan, and was "utterly destroyed." kjv@Joshua:7:3-5 kjv@Joshua:8:1; kjv@Joshua:9:3 kjv@Joshua:10:1-2 kjv@Joshua:12:9 ) A city of the Ammonites, apparently attached to Heshbon. kjv@Jeremiah:49:3)



AIAH - A>@ - (clamor). Son of Zibeon, a descendant of Seir and ancestor of one of the wives of Esau, ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:40) called in kjv@Genesis:36:24) AJAH = A IAH. He probably died before his father, as the succession fell to his brother Anah. Father of Rizpah, the concubine of Saul. (2 Samuel kjv@3:7; 21:8-10-11) (B.C. before 1040.)



AIATH - A>@ - (feminine of Ai), a place named by Isaiah, kjv@Isaiah:10:28) in connection with Migron and Michmash probably the same as Ai.



AIJA - A>@ - like Aiath probably a variation of the name Ai, mentioned with Michmash and Bethel. kjv@Nehemiah:11:31)



AIJALON, OR AJALON - A>@ - (place of gazelles). A city of the Kohathites. kjv@Joshua:21:24; kjv@1Chronicles:6:69) It was a Levitical city and a city of refuge. It was originally allotted to the tribe of Dan, kjv@Joshua:19:42) Authorized Version, AJALON, which tribe, however, was unable to dispossess the Amorites of the place. kjv@Judges:1:35) Aijalon was one of the towns fortified by Reheboam, ( kjv@2Chronicles:11:10) and the last we hear of it is being in the hands of the Philistines. ( kjv@2Chronicles:28:18) Being on the very frontier of the two kingdoms, we can understand how Aijalon should be spoken of sometimes, ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:69) comp. with 1Chr 6:66 As in Ephraim and sometimes, ( kjv@2Chronicles:11:10; kjv@1Samuel: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. A broad and beautiful valley near the city of Aijalon over which Joshua commanded the moon to stand still during the pursuit after the battle of Gibeon. kjv@Joshua:10:12) A place in Zebulon, mentioned as the burial-place of Elon, one of the Judges. kjv@Judges:12:12)



AIJELETH SHAHAR - A>@ - (the hind of the morning dawn), found once only in the Bible, in the title of kjv@Psalms:22:1) It probably describes to the musician the melody to which the psalm was to be played.



AIN - A>@ - (spring, well). One of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine. kjv@Numbers:34:11) It is probably ’Ain el-’Azy , the main source of the Orontes. One of the southernmost cities of Judah, kjv@Joshua:15:32) afterwards allotted to Simeon, kjv@Joshua:19:7; kjv@1Chronicles:4:32) and given to the priests. kjv@Joshua:21:16)