Eglon

The bullock; place of heifers. (1.) Chieftain or king of one of the Moabite tribes (Judg. 3:12-14). Having entered into an alliance with Ammon and Amalek, he overran the trans-Jordanic region, and then crossing the Jordan, seized on Jericho, the “city of palm trees,” which had been by this time rebuilt, but not as a fortress. He made this city his capital, and kept Israel in subjection for eighteen years. The people at length “cried unto the Lord” in their distress, and he “raised them up a deliverer” in Ehud (q.v.), the son of Gera, a Benjamite. (2.) A city in Judah, near Lachish (Josh. 15:39). It was destroyed by Joshua (10:5, 6). It has been identified with Tell Nejileh, 6 miles south of Tell Hesy or Ajlan, north-west of Lachish. (See LACHISH.)

(calf-like).

EG'LON (calf-like), king of the Moabites, who held the Israelites in bondage 18 years. Jud 3:14. He formed an alliance with the Ammonites and Amalekites, and took possession of Jericho, where he resided, and where he was afterward assassinated by Ehud. See Ehud.

EG'LON (calf), an Amorite town in Judah, Josh 10:3-5; Acts 15:39; now 'Ajlan, a hill of ruins, 10 miles northeast of Gaza.

same as Eglah

EG'LON (calf), an Amorite town in Judah, Josh 10:3-5; Acts 15:39; now 'Ajlan, a hill of ruins, 10 miles northeast of Gaza.