3 others in the registry answer to the name Elon. Every Elon in the Bible
- verses
- 2
- first named
- Judges 12:11
- last named
- Judges 12:13
- period
- before Israel's Monarchy
- role
- Judge
Description
Who was Elon?
Elon the Zebulunite is mentioned in the book of Judges as one of the judges who led Israel after the death of Jephthah. He judged Israel for a period of ten years (Jdg.12.11). The text provides minimal information about Elon's life and his role as a judge. It is mentioned that he was from the tribe of Zebulun, indicating his tribal affiliation. The judges in Israel were leaders who served as military commanders, deliverers, and administrators of justice during the period between the conquest of Canaan and the establishment of the monarchy. Elon's ten-year tenure suggests a period of relative stability and peace during his leadership. After his death, Elon was buried in Aijalon, within the territory of Zebulun (Jdg.12.12). The brevity of the account of Elon's judgeship may indicate that his rule was less eventful compared to some of the other judges mentioned in the book. Nonetheless, his inclusion in the list of judges highlights the continuity of leadership and the role of the tribe of Zebulun in the governance of Israel during this period.
Relations
Direct connections
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Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Elon is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
2 verses across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in Judges (2).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book.
Onward
Where this page goes
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Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
Sources