Topic

Eglon

Passages from across the Bible

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. King of Moab

Assassinated by Ehud

  • Judges 3:12–30 Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City…

2. An ancient city of Canaan

Captured by Joshua

  • Joshua 10:23 So they brought the five kings out of the cave — the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
  • Joshua 10:35 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.

Allotted to the tribe of Judah

Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “eglon” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.