Ajalon
    and Aij'alon, place of deer. (1.) A town and valley originally
    assigned to the tribe of Dan, from which, however, they could
    not drive the Amorites (Judg. 1:35). It was one of the Levitical
    cities given to the Kohathites (1 Chr. 6:69). It was not far
    from Beth-shemesh (2 Chr. 28:18). It was the boundary between
    the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, and is frequently mentioned in
    Jewish history (2 Chr. 11:10; 1 Sam. 14:31; 1 Chr. 8:13). With
    reference to the valley named after the town, Joshua uttered the
    celebrated command, "Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou,
    Moon, in the valley of Ajalon" (Josh. 10:12). It has been
    identified as the modern Yalo, at the foot of the Beth-horon
    pass (q.v.). In the Tell Amarna letters Adoni-zedek (q.v.)
    speaks of the destruction of the "city of Ajalon" by the
    invaders, and describes himself as "afflicted, greatly
    afflicted" by the calamities that had come on the land, urging
    the king of Egypt to hasten to his help.

      (2.) A city in the tribe of Zebulun (Judg. 12:12), the modern
    Jalun, three miles north of Cabul.



 Ajalon, a chain; strength; a stag