Lexical Definition

‎עִיּוֹן‎ ʻÎyôwn (ee-yone') Ijon ^N:N--L
from ‎עִי‎; ruin

Ijon.

• § Ijon = "a ruin"
• Ijon, a place in Palestine

1) a place in the north of Palestine belonging to the tribe of Naphtali

Extended Information

• Ijon = "a ruin"
• Also named: dan ya.an (‎י‎ַ‎ע‎ַ‎ן‎ "Jaan" דָּן יַעַן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עִיוֺן‎ proper name, of a location Αιν, in Naphtali; — 1Kgs 15:20 = 2Chr 16:4; 2Kgs 15:29 (on 2Sam 24:6 see ‎דָּן‎ a above). Perhaps = Tell Dibbin, on the plateau Merj ±ayyûn (Buhl^{Geogr. 11, 110}), between the Lî‰ânî and the „¹sbânî (Id^{ib. 237 f.})

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Ijon • A town in northern Israel conquered by Assyria

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

• A location first mentioned at 2Sa.24.6;
• referred to as Ijon עִיּוֹן, or Jaan (ESV= Dan they went) דָּן יַעַן.
  

Ijon, also known as Jaan, was a town located in the northern part of Israel, in the territory of Naphtali. It was conquered by Ben-hadad, king of Aram, at the request of King Asa of Judah, who sought to divert the attention of Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 15:20; 2 Chronicles 16:4). Later, during the reign of Pekah, king of Israel, Ijon was captured by the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser, who deported its inhabitants to Assyria (2 Kings 15:29). The town is also mentioned in the account of David's census (2 Samuel 24:6). Its exact location is uncertain, but it was likely situated near the border with Aram (Syria) in the upper Jordan Valley.

All entries for Ijon or Jaan: עִיּוֹן ☩ דָּן יַעַן