2. (Heb. Eylo7i\ ]h''i< and yh^Vi ; Sept. "EXwi^ and Ai'\()/t V. r. 'EX(>!i/(.) A Hittite, father of Bashemath (Gen. xxvi, 34) or Adah ((ien. xxxvi, 3), the first Avife of Esau (q. v.). B.C. ante 1903.
3. (Heb. Elon', 'ibX; Sept. 'AWwv and 'AXXwv v. r. 'Ao()o'jv.) The second of the three sons of Zebu- Ion (Gen. xlvi, 14), and father of the famil}' of the Elonites (Num. xxvi, 20). B.C. 1850.
4. (Heb. Eylon' , "jib'^X ; Sept. 'E\wv, Josephus 'KXwv, Vulg. Ahiulon.) A native of the tribe of Zel)U- Ion (perhaps a descendant of tlie preceding), and the 11th of the Hebrew judges for ten years (Judg. xii, 11, 12), B.C. 1243-34; which are simply noted as a period of tranquillity (comp. Josephus, A7it. v, 7, 14). See Judges.
Elon. See Oak.
E'lon-beth-ha'nan [some E' Ion -heth' hanan] (Heb. Eylon beyth-Chanan , "HTT^a "p^"^^! oak of Beth-hanan, i. e. q/* the house of Hanan ; Sept. 'EXwj/ [v. r. AiV(Xw/.(] 'koQ Bij^avdi', Vulg. Elon et in Beth- hanan}, one of the Danite cities in the commissary- district of Bcn-Dekar, the third of Solomon's purvey- ors (1 Kings iv, 9). It is simply called Elon in Josh, xix, 43, being probably a site marked from early times by a particular tree [see Oak] of traditional fame. For "Beth-hanan" some Hebrew MSS. have " Ben- hanan," and some "and Beth-hanan;" the latter is followed hy the Vulgate. To judge from the order of the list in Joshua, its situation must have been on the border of Dan, between Ajalon and Ekron. Thenius suggests {Exeg. Handb. in loc.) that Beth-hanan can be no other than the village Beit-Hunun, in the rich plain near Gaza (Robinson, Researches, ii, 371) ; but this is entirely out of the region in question. Possi- bly it may be the modern Beit-Susin, a "small vil- lage, looking old and miserable," on a ridge near an ancient well, about half waj' between ths sites of Ni- copolis and Zorah (Robinson, Later Researches, p. 152).
B'lonite (Heb. with the art. and collectively, ha- ElonV , ^3'?xn; Sept. u 'AXXwi'i'), the patronymic des- ignation (Num. xxvi, 20) of the descendants of Elon (q. v.), the son of Zebulon.
Eloquence of the Pulpit. See Homiletics, E'loth (Heb. Eylolh', T'b'^X, trees; Sept. AiX«'^ V. r. in Chron. h.iXd\C), another (plur.) form (1 Kings ix, 26 ; 2 Chron. viii, 17 ; xxvi, 2) of the name of the city Elath (q. v.).
Elpa'al [many El'paed] (Heb. Elpa'al, b^'S^X, in pause b^'SbX, God is his wages; Sept. 'AXcftanX and 'EX0a«'X), the second named of the two sons of Shaha- raim (a descendant of Benjamin residing in the region of Moab) by his wife Ilushim, and proicenitor of a nu- merous posterity (1 Chron. viii, 11, 12, 18). B.C. cir. 1018. The Bene-Elpaal appear to have lived in the neighborhood of Lydda (Lod), and on the outposts of the Benjamite hills as far as Ajalon (viii, 12-18), near the Danite frontier.
Elpa'let [many El'pahf\ (Hel). E'pe'let, 'S^,i^^, in pause Elpa'let, libsbX; Sept. 'EXt^oXtV v. r. 'EXi- f)aX//3-,Vulg. Elijikalet'), a contracted form (1 Chron. iv, 5) of the name Eliphalet (q. v.).
Elpa'ran [many El'p'iran'] (Hebrew Eyl Paran\ '"1X53 P'^X, oak of Paran ; Sept. ?'/ repfjSti'Sroc [v. r. rfpf/((/(5of-] Tijg <t>and>',Vn\<^. crimpestria Pharan), a spot (hounding on tlie south the territory of the Re- phaim smitten by Chedorlaomer) on the edge of the wilderness bordering the territory of the Horites or Idu- mcea, probably marked by a noted tree (Gen. xiv, G). See Oak ; Pauan. An ingenious writer in the Jour, of Sac. Lit. (Oct. 1851, p. 153 note) argues, from the rendering of the Sept., for the identity of El-paran with Elaih, but inconclusively.
Elphegus. See Alphage.
Elphinston, William, was horn at Glasgow in 1431, studied in the university of that city, and obtain-
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ed the rectory of Kirkmichael. He subsequently was professor of civil and canon law at Paris and Orleans for nine years, and on his return (1471) was appointed rector of the University of Glasgow. lie afterwards became successively member of Parliament and of the Privy Council, ambassador of James III to France, and bishop of Koss, from whence he was transferred to Aberdeen in 1484. As bishop of Aberdeen he was twice sent on a diplomatic mission to England. In 1488 he was for several months lord chancellor of the kingdom, and subsequently, on returning from an em- bass}^ to Germany, he was appointed to the office of lord privy seal. He secured the foundation of the University at Aberdeen, for which pope Alexander VI gave a bull dated Feb. 10, 1494. King's College was in consequence erected in 1506, and Elphinston con- tributed 10,000 pounds Scots towards it, and the build- ing of a bridge over the Dee. He died October 25th, 1514, while negotiations were pending with the court of Kome for his elevation to the primacy of St. An- drew's. He wrote a book of canons, the lives of some Scottish saints, and a history of Scotland, which is pre- served among Fairfax's MSS. in the Bodleian Library. ■ — Hook, Ecck'S. Biography, vol. iv ; Oudin, De Script. Eccles. iii, 2670.
Elpis (EXttic, hope), one of the wives of Herod the Great, who had bj' her and another wife Phasdra two daughters, Eoxana and Salome (Josephus, Ant. xvii, 1, 3 ; ll'ar, i, 28, 4).