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Elon
Oak. (1.) A city of Dan (Josh 19:43). (2.) A Hittite, father of Bashemath, Esau’s wife (Gen 26:34). (3.) One of the sons of Zebulun (Gen 46:14). (4.) The eleventh of the Hebrew judges. He held office for ten years (Judg 12:11, Judg 12:12). He is called the Zebulonite.
Named in the Bible
7 verses
- Genesis 26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
- Genesis 36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
- Genesis 46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
- Numbers 26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
- Joshua 19:43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
- Judges 12:11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
- Judges 12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
