Aiath (Near East geography model)

Also known as Ai, possibly Et-Tell

Aiath (Near East geography model)

Aiath, also called Ai, is an Old World town named once in the Book of Mormon, in Nephi’s quotation of Isaiah. It is the first place in a list of towns along the line of an Assyrian advance toward Jerusalem: “He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages” (2 Nephi 20:28). The verses that follow trace the same march through Geba, Ramath, Gibeah of Saul, Anathoth, and other towns, ending at Nob within sight of Jerusalem (2 Nephi 20:29-32).

The text gives no location for Aiath and no detail about it beyond its place in this itinerary, where it has already been passed by the advancing army.

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