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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Eglon (Eglon)
A royal Canaanite city in the Shephelah. Its king joined the five Amorite kings Joshua crushed at Gibeon, and the city was destroyed and given to Judah.
A royal Canaanite city in the Shephelah. Its king joined the five Amorite kings Joshua crushed at Gibeon, and the city was destroyed and given to Judah.
Two distinct figures and places share this name. Eglon king of Moab allied with Ammon and Amalek to seize Jericho and oppress Israel for eighteen years, until the left-handed judge Ehud assassinated him and led Israel to defeat the Moabites. Separately, Eglon was a Canaanite royal city in the Shephelah of Judah whose king joined the coalition of five Amorite kings crushed by Joshua at Gibeon; the city was later destroyed and its territory assigned to Judah.
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- 34.928055
- 31.491813
- Joshua 10:3
- Joshua 10:5
- Joshua 10:23
- Joshua 10:36
- Joshua 10:37
- Joshua 12:12
- Joshua 15:39
