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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72480" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72480" /> == | ||
<p> '''Eg'lon.''' ''(calf-like).'' </p> <p> 1. [[A]] king of the Moabites, Judges 3:12, ff., who, aided by the Ammonites and the Amelekites, crossed the Joran and took "the city of palm trees." [[(B.C.]] 1359). Here, according to Josephus, he built himself a palace, and continued, for eighteen years, to oppress the children of Israel, who paid him tribute. He was slain by Ehud. ''See '' | <p> '''Eg'lon.''' ''(calf-like).'' </p> <p> 1. [[A]] king of the Moabites, Judges 3:12, ff., who, aided by the Ammonites and the Amelekites, crossed the Joran and took "the city of palm trees." [[(B.C.]] 1359). Here, according to Josephus, he built himself a palace, and continued, for eighteen years, to oppress the children of Israel, who paid him tribute. He was slain by Ehud. ''See '' [[Ehud]] ''.'' </p> <p> 2. [[A]] town of Judah, in the low country. Joshua 15:39. The name survives in the modern ''Ajlan'' , a shapeless mass of ruins, about 10 miles from [[Eleutheropolis]] and 14 from Gaza, on the south of the great maritime plain. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40020" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40020" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70005" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70005" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Eglon]] (''ĕg'lon'' ), ''calf-like.'' 1. King of the Moabites, who held the [[Israelites]] in bondage eighteen years. Judges 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. 2. An Amorite town in Judah. Joshua 10:3-5; Joshua 15:39; now ''ʾAjlan,'' a hill of ruins, ten miles northeast of Gaza. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65970" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65970" /> == | ||
