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Holon

ho'-lon (cholon or chowlon):

(1) One of the towns in the hill country of Judah (Josh 15:51) assigned to the Levites 21:15). In 1 Chr 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 (Jer 48:21); the site is unknown.

Kilde: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread.