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HOLON

ho'-lon (cholon or chowlon):

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

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

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.