Holon ( = "sandy place" or "halting-place"):

By: Emil G. Hirsch , M. Seligsohn

1. City of Judah, in the Hebron hills, allotted, with its suburbs, to the priests (Josh. xv. 51, xxi. 15). In the parallel passage in I Chron. vi. 73 this city is called "Hilen" (A. V. "Anem"). 2. City of Moab, in the plain of Moab and east of the Jordan; mentioned with Heshbon, Dibon, and other cities (Jer. xlviii. 21).