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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31369" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31369" /> == | ||
<li> A city in Judah, near [[Lachish]] (Joshua 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]] .) <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., | <li> A city in Judah, near [[Lachish]] (Joshua 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]] .) <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Eglon'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/eglon.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35275" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35275" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50856" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50856" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> EGLON </strong> . King of Moab, under whose leadership the [[Ammonites]] and [[Amalekites]] joined with the [[Moabites]] in fighting and defeating the Israelites. The latter ‘served,’ <em> i.e. </em> paid tribute to, [[Eglon]] for eighteen years. | <p> <strong> EGLON </strong> . King of Moab, under whose leadership the [[Ammonites]] and [[Amalekites]] joined with the [[Moabites]] in fighting and defeating the Israelites. The latter ‘served,’ <em> i.e. </em> paid tribute to, [[Eglon]] for eighteen years. Towards the end of this period [[Ehud]] assassinated Eglon, and brought to an end the [[Moabite]] ascendency over [[Israel]] ( Judges 3:12 ff.). </p> <p> W. O. E. Oesterley. </p> <p> <strong> EGLON </strong> . A town near Lachish, mentioned only in connexion with the campaign of Joshua. Its king, Debir, joined the coalition against the [[Gibeonites]] ( Joshua 10:3 ), and after the reduction of [[Lachish]] Joshua captured and destroyed it ( Joshua 10:34 f.). The site is probably <em> [[Tell]] Nejileh </em> , near Tell el-Hesy (Lachish); the neighbouring <em> Khurbeh ‘Ajlan </em> better preserves the name, but the site is of no great antiquity. </p> <p> R. A. S. Macalister. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65970" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65970" /> == | ||
<p> 1. One of the five confederate cities which attacked Gibeon, but were conquered by Joshua. Joshua 10:3-37; Joshua 12:12; Joshua 15:39 . | <p> 1. One of the five confederate cities which attacked Gibeon, but were conquered by Joshua. Joshua 10:3-37; Joshua 12:12; Joshua 15:39 . Identified with the ruins at <i> Ajlan, </i> 31 35' N, 34 43' E . </p> <p> 2. King of the Moabites, who, aided by [[Ammon]] and Amalek, crossed the [[Jordan]] and captured the city of palm trees, or Jericho, and ruled over [[Israel]] eighteen years. He was stabbed by [[Ehud]] in his summer parlour. Judges 3:12-17 . </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70005" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70005" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15580" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15580" /> == | ||
<p> Eg´lon, a king of Moab, who, assisted by the [[Ammonites]] and Amalekites, subdued the [[Israelites]] beyond the Jordan, and the southern tribes on this side the river, and made [[Jericho]] the seat, or one of the seats, of his government. This subjection to a power always present must have been more galling to the Israelites than any they had previously suffered. It lasted eighteen years, when (B.C. 1428) they were delivered, through the instrumentality of Ehud, who slew the | <p> Eg´lon, a king of Moab, who, assisted by the [[Ammonites]] and Amalekites, subdued the [[Israelites]] beyond the Jordan, and the southern tribes on this side the river, and made [[Jericho]] the seat, or one of the seats, of his government. This subjection to a power always present must have been more galling to the Israelites than any they had previously suffered. It lasted eighteen years, when (B.C. 1428) they were delivered, through the instrumentality of Ehud, who slew the Moabitish king . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38250" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38250" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrews Eglon', עֵגְלוֹן , place of heifers, q.d. vituline), the name of a man, and also of two places. </p> <p> 1. (Sept. Ε᾿γλώμ, [[Josephus]] Ε᾿γλών,Vulgate Eglon.) An early king of the [[Moabites]] (Judges 3:12 sq.), who, aided by the [[Ammonites]] and the Amalekites, crossed the [[Jordan]] and took "the city of palm-trees," or [[Jericho]] (Josephus). B.C. 1527. Here he built himself a palace (Josephus, Ant. 5:4, 1 sq.), and continued for eighteen years to oppress the children of Israel, who paid him tribute (Josephus). [[Whether]] he resided at Jericho permanently, or only during the summer months (Judges 3:20; Josephus), he seems to have formed a familiar intimacy (συνήθης, Josephus, not Judg.) with Ehud, a young [[Israelite]] (νεανίας, Josephus) who lived in Jericho (Josephus, not Judg.), and who, by means of repeated presents, became a favorite courtier of the monarch. [[Eglon]] subdued the [[Israelites]] beyond the Jordan, and the southern tribes on this side the river, and made Jericho the seat, or one of the seats, of his government. This subjection to a power always present must have been more galling to the Israelites than any they had previously suffered. At length (B.C. 1509) they were delivered, through the instrumentality of Ehud, who slew the | <p> (Hebrews Eglon', עֵגְלוֹן , place of heifers, q.d. vituline), the name of a man, and also of two places. </p> <p> 1. (Sept. Ε᾿γλώμ, [[Josephus]] Ε᾿γλών,Vulgate Eglon.) An early king of the [[Moabites]] (Judges 3:12 sq.), who, aided by the [[Ammonites]] and the Amalekites, crossed the [[Jordan]] and took "the city of palm-trees," or [[Jericho]] (Josephus). B.C. 1527. Here he built himself a palace (Josephus, Ant. 5:4, 1 sq.), and continued for eighteen years to oppress the children of Israel, who paid him tribute (Josephus). [[Whether]] he resided at Jericho permanently, or only during the summer months (Judges 3:20; Josephus), he seems to have formed a familiar intimacy (συνήθης, Josephus, not Judg.) with Ehud, a young [[Israelite]] (νεανίας, Josephus) who lived in Jericho (Josephus, not Judg.), and who, by means of repeated presents, became a favorite courtier of the monarch. [[Eglon]] subdued the [[Israelites]] beyond the Jordan, and the southern tribes on this side the river, and made Jericho the seat, or one of the seats, of his government. This subjection to a power always present must have been more galling to the Israelites than any they had previously suffered. At length (B.C. 1509) they were delivered, through the instrumentality of Ehud, who slew the Moabitish king (Judges 3:12-31). (See [[Ehud]]). </p> <p> 2. (Sept. Ε᾿γλώμ v.r. Αἰλάμ , but in Joshua 10:1-43, Ο᾿δολλάμ; [[Vulgate]] Eglon, Aglon.) A city in the maritime plain of Judah, near [[Lachish]] (Joshua 15:39), formerly one of the royal cities of the [[Canaanites]] (Joshua 12:12). Its Almoritish king [[Debir]] (q.v.) formed a confederacy with the neighboring princes to assist Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, in attacking Gibeon, because that city had made peace with Joshua and the Israelites (Joshua 10:3-4). Joshua met the confederated kings near [[Gibeon]] and routed them (Joshua 10:11). Eglon was soon after visited by Joshua and destroyed (Joshua 10:34-35). [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] (Onomast. s.v. Ε᾿γλώμ, Eglon) erroneously identify it with [[Odollam]] or ADULLAM (See [[Adullam]]) (q.v.), and say it was still "a large village," ten R. miles (Jerome, twelve) east of Eleutheropolis, being misled by the unaccountable reading of the Sept. as above. On the road from [[Eleutheropolis]] to Gaza, nine miles from the former and twelve from the latter, are the ruins of Ajlan, which mark the site of the ancient Eglon (Robinson, Researches, 2:392). The site is now completely desolate. The ruins are mere shapeless heaps of rubbish, strewn over a low, white mound (Porter, Handb. for Syria, page 262). The absence of more imposing remains is easily accounted for. The private houses, like those of Damascus, were built of sun-dried bricks; and the temples and fortifications of the soft calcareous stone of the district, which soon crumbles away. A large mound of rubbish, strewn with stones and pieces of pottery, is all we can now expect to mark the site of an ancient city in this plain (Van de Velde, Narrative, 2:188; Thomson, Land and Book, 2:356). </p> <p> 3. [[Another]] important place of this name (עגלון ), according to Schwarz (Palest; p. 235), is mentioned in Talmudical authorities as situated within the bounds of Gad. He identifies it with the present village Ajlun, one mile east of Kulat er-Rubud, or [[Wady]] Rejib, which runs parallel with Jebel Ajlun on the south (see Robinson's Map, and comp. Researches, 2:121). The village is built on both sides of the narrow rivulet Jenne, and contains nothing remarkable except a few ancient mosques (Burckhardt, Syria, page 266). </p> | ||
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