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1. Levitical city of the Kohathites. It was in the lot of Dan, Joshua 21: 24; but being a border city it is also connected with Benjamin, 1 Chr. 8: 13; or with Ephraim, 1 Chr. 6: 69; or with Judah and Benjamin, when Rehohoam fortified the city. 2 Chr. 11: 10. It was taken by the Philistines in the reign of Ahaz. 2 Chr. 28: 18. THE VALLEY OF AJALON is the place where Joshua, when pursuing the Amorites, bade the sun and the moon stand still. Joshua 10: 12. The city is identified with the modern Yalo, 31 51' N, 35 1' E.
2 . Place in Zebulun where Elon one of the judges of Israel was buried. Judges 12: 12.