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Eglon
        (calf-like).
        1. A king of the Moabites, Jud 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. [EHUD]
        2. A town of Judah in the low country. Jos 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.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'eglon' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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