Eglon
(calf-like). A king of the Moabites, ( Judges 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 ] A town of Judah in the low country. ( Joshua 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.