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Eglon
Town or city mentioned in 8 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.
Where it appears
Joshua (8)
Key verses
- Joshua 10:3 first mention — Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 10:5 — Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
- Joshua 10:23 — And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
- Joshua 10:34 — And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
- Joshua 10:36 — And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
- Joshua 10:37 — And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
- Joshua 12:12 — The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
- Joshua 15:39 — Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
Nearby places
- Bozkath 5 km
- Makkedah 6 km
- Anab 9 km
- Goshen 10 km
- Debir 11 km
- Giloh 11 km
- Gulloth-mayim 11 km
- Lower Gulloth 11 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.