Eglon

Identified as

Tell Eton

Certainty

Possible (57% of scholarship) · 3 other possible locations

Coordinates

31.492° N, 34.928° E

Eglon (Place)

• עֶגְלוֹן·Eglon

Includes 1 verse that refer to Eglon without naming 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 10:35Referred to, not named
   That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
6. Joshua 10:36
   Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.
7. 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.
8. Joshua 12:12
   …the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
9. Joshua 15:39
   Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,