A town in the foothills of the territory of Judah captured by Joshua (Joshua 10:35).
About Eglon
Town situated seven miles (11.3 kilometers) southwest of Lachish, assigned to Judah’s tribe for an inheritance (Jos 15:39). It is generally identified with the modern Tell el-Hesi.
Key References
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.
All Scripture References (8)
Joshua (8)
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,
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.
So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
So Joshua moved on from Lachish to Eglon, and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.
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.
the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,