Atomic Bible

Amorite king of Lachish; city in Judah

Eglon

Named in 8 verses of Joshua, first in Joshua 10:3.

עֶגְלוֹןEglon

The name means “same as Eglah.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

About Eglon Written by AI

Eglon was the Amorite king of Lachish who joined an alliance against Israel during the conquest under Joshua. He allied with Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem, Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, and Debir king of Eglon to attack Gibeon for making a treaty with Israel (Joshua 10:3-5). However, the Israelites came to Gibeon's aid and pursued the Amorite kings, defeating them with God's help. Eglon and the other kings fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah, but were captured and executed by Joshua (Joshua 10:16-27). Eglon's city of Lachish was also captured and destroyed.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Eglon, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

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.)

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names it

  1. Joshua 10:3

    Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

  2. Joshua 10:5

    So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

  3. Joshua 10:23

    So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

  4. Joshua 10:34

    So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

  5. Joshua 10:36

    Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

  6. Joshua 10:37

    They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.

  7. Joshua 12:12

    the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

  8. Joshua 15:39

    Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.