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Elon

Mentioned in 1173 BC traditional (Jones)

The eleventh of the Hebrew judges. He held office for ten years (Judg. 12:11, 12).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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2 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

1 event in which Elon takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. 1138 BCJudgeship of ElonJudg 12:11-12

Places

Places named in the same verses as Elon, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. possible location: Aijalon1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1198–1148 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 1 contemporary. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

2 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Judges2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBElon 9
KJVElon 8
ASVElon 8

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Judges2 verses
  1. 12:11

    After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.

  2. 12:12

    Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The eleventh of the Hebrew judges. He held office for ten years (Judg. 12:11, 12). He is called the Zebulonite.