Strong H5859עִיּוֹן

Ijon

Transliteration
‛iyôn
Pronunciation
ee-yone'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H5856; ruin;
{Ijon} a place in Palestine: - Ijon.

Meaning of the name

Ijon = "a ruin"

Detailed definition

Ijon (Jaan), a town in northern Israel conquered by the Assyrians.

In the biblical story

Ijon

A town in northern Israel conquered by Assyria

Ijon (Jaan), a town in northern Israel conquered by the Assyrians.

In the Bible

Strong H5859 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ijon3

First verses

  1. 1 Kings 15:20
    So Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
  2. 2 Kings 15:29
    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
  3. 2 Chronicles 16:4
    And Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
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