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hō´lon ( חלן , ḥōlōn or חלון , ḥōwlōn ):

(1) One of the towns in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:51 ) assigned to the Levites Joshua 21:15 ). In 1 Chronicles 6:58 (Hebrew 43), it is HILEN (which see). The site may be the important ruins of Beit ‛Alam (see PEF , III, 313, 321, Sh XXI ).

(2) Probably once an important town in the "plain," i.e. plateau, of Moab (Jeremiah 48:21 ); the site is unknown.

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Holon'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​h/holon.html. 1915.
 
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