- Ijon:
- Probably the same as Hazar-enan, a frontier town to Damascus ("Now these¹ [are] the namesª of the tribes.ª From the northª endª¹ to¹ the coastª of the wayª of Hethlon,ª as one goethª° to Hamath,ª Hazarenan,ª the borderª of Damascusª northward,ª to¹ the coastª of Hamath;ª for these are¹ his sidesª eastª [and] west;ª aª [portion for] Dan.ª" {Ezk 48:1}); and perhaps the Inna of Coele-Syria, long. 68 degrees and a half, lat. 33 degrees, according to Ptolemy. "In the daysª of Pekahª kingª of Israelª cameª° Tiglathpileserª kingª of Assyria,ª and tookª°¹ Ijon,ª and Abelbethmaachah,ª and Janoah,ª and Kedesh,ª and Hazor,ª and Gilead,ª and Galilee,ª all¹ the landª of Naphtali,ª and carried them captiveª° to Assyria.ª" {2Kg 15:29}
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