Ain

A city on the eastern border of Canaan (the promised land), northeast of the Sea of Galilee (Numbers 34:11). The name means “well” or “spring.” It may be modern Khirbet ‘Ayyun.

A town in the territory of Simeon. Many scholars believe it is the same as En-rimmon (Joshua 19:7; compare Nehemiah 11:29). This implies a copyist made an error that separated “Ain” from “Rimmon.”

See En-rimmon.

A place name in Joshua 21:16. This is due to a copying mistake because the Hebrew words for “Ain” and “Ashan” look similar. The correct name is Ashan (compare 1 Chronicles 6:59).

See Ashan.