Bible Location
Meaning: same as Aiath · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Ain entry refers to the southern Judah and Simeon town also known in some contexts by related names. It is important because it appears in territorial and Levitical lists within the south of the land rather than in a large narrative cycle. First appears in Josh 15:32.1
AI summary: Ain is one of the smaller southern place names that matters chiefly for accurate geography. Its references place it within the inheritance patterns of Judah and Simeon and within the network of towns supporting priestly life. Though it does not dominate a major narrative, it helps readers see how the southern tribal landscape was actually distributed and remembered. The cross references present Ain as a modest but real settlement in the structured life of Israel's territorial order.1
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.