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Ain

(spring, well).

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One of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine. (Numbers 34:11) It is probably ’Ain el-’Azy, the main source of the Orontes. One of the southernmost cities of Judah, (Joshua 15:32) afterwards allotted to Simeon, (Joshua 19:7; 1 Chronicles 4:32) and given to the priests. (Joshua 21:16)

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Verses where Ain is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 4:32

    And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

  • Joshua 15:32

    Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.

  • Joshua 19:7

    Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,

  • Joshua 21:16

    Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.

  • Numbers 34:11

    then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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