| International Standard Bible EncyclopediaELON (1) e'-lon ('elon "terebinth"):
(1) A Zebulunite, who judged Israel ten years, and was buried in Aijalon (Judges 12:11, 12).
(2) A son of Zebulun (Genesis 46:14 Numbers 26:26).
(3) A Hittite whose daughter Esau wedded (Genesis 26:34; Genesis 36:2). ELON (2) e'-lon ('elon, a "terebinth"; Ailon):
A town in the territory of Dan named between Ithlah and Timnah (Joshua 19:43). It is possibly identical with Elon-beth-Hanan which, along with Shaalbim and Bethshemesh, formed one of Solomon's commissariat districts (1 Kings 4:9).
Conder has suggested Beit' Anan, about 4 miles Northwest of Neby Samwil: it is quite uncertain.

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