Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
Parallel translations
- KJV And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
- BSB Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
- ESV Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
- NKJV Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Jethlah,
- NASB Shaalabbin, Aijalon, and Ithlah,
- NLT Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
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Quick answer
Shaalabbin, Aijalon, and Ithlah are added to Dan's cities. These lay in the contested lowlands toward Philistine country.
Overview
Aijalon and its valley would remain a frontier of conflict, and the Amorites pressed Dan hard in this region (Judges 1:34-35). The verse records the land God assigned, even where possession proved difficult. The struggle highlights that the Lord's gift still called for courageous, persevering faith to enter fully into it.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Judg 1:35but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. Yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.
- Josh 10:12Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. He said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!”
- 1 Sam 14:31They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;
- Josh 21:24Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs: four cities.
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