Elon

Of the tribe of Zebulun, one of the minor judges ( Jg 12"- "). All that i.s told of him is simply that he judged Israel for ten years, that he died, and was buried in Elon (p^'K) in Zebulun. The MT points pV;¥ Aijalon; but the distinction thus made between the name of the judge and his burj'ingplace is quite arbitrary. Baer, Libri Jos. et Jud. p. 98, reads ]% Elon, in both verses. 2. A son of Zebulun (Gn 46", Nu 26*, where gentilic name Elonites occurs). 3.

A Hittite, the father-in-law of Esau (Gn 26^ 36-). G. A. Cooke. ELON (I'lS't?), Jos 19".— A town of Dan, perhaps the same as Elon-beth-hanan (1 K 4*), wliich was in Solomon's province corresponding to the terri- tory of Dan. The site of Ananiah seems too far E., being in Benjamin. In some MSS Elon and Beth-hanan are made distinct places, in which case the latter may be Ananiah, and the former la unkno^vn unless Aijalon was the original reading. C. R. CONDER.