עֶגְלוֹןʻEglôwn

Eglon, the name of a place in Palestine and of a Moabitish king

Pronunciation: eg-lawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5700

Meanings

1. a king of Moab (Judges 3:12; Judges 3:14; Judges 3:15)

2. site ±A³lân, North of Tele-el-–esy (Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:5; Joshua 10:23)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 10:3 So King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent messengers to several other kings: Hoham of Hebron, Piram of Jarmuth, Japhia of Lachish, and Debir of Eglon.
  • Joshua 10:5 So these five Amorite kings combined their armies for a united attack. They moved all their troops into place and attacked Gibeon.
  • Joshua 10:23 So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
  • Joshua 10:34 Then Joshua and the Israelite army went on to Eglon and attacked it.
  • Joshua 10:36 From Eglon, Joshua and the Israelite army went up to Hebron and attacked it.
  • Joshua 10:37 They captured the town and killed everyone in it, including its king, leaving no survivors. They did the same thing to all of its surrounding villages. And just as he had done at Eglon, he completely destroyed the entire population.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).