Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
The bullock; place of heifers. ) Chieftain or king of one of the Moabite tribes (Judg. 3:12-14). Having entered into an alliance with Ammon and Amalek, he overran the trans-Jordanic region, and then crossing the Jordan, seized on Jericho, the “city of palm trees,” which had been by this time rebuilt, but not as a fortress. He made this city his capital, and kept Israel in subjection for eighteen years. ), the son of Gera, a Benjamite. ) A city in Judah, near Lachish (Josh. 15:39). It was destroyed by Joshua (10:5, 6).
It has been identified with Tell Nejileh, 6 miles south of Tell Hesy or Ajlan, north-west of Lachish.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(calf-like).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
EG'LON (calf-like), king of the Moabites, who held the Israelites in bondage 18 years. Jud 3:14. He formed an alliance with the Ammonites and Amalekites, and took possession of Jericho, where he resided, and where he was afterward assassinated by Ehud. See Ehud.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
EG'LON (calf), an Amorite town in Judah, Josh 10:3-5; Acts 15:39; now 'Ajlan, a hill of ruins, 10 miles northeast of Gaza.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
same as Eglah