Hilen
חִילֵן/HYE-len/
“Place of caves”
Summary
Hilen (also called Holon) was a city in the hill country of Judah assigned to the Levitical priests.
☩Levitical City
Hilen was one of the cities in Judah's hill country assigned to the priests along with its surrounding pasturelands. In Joshua's listing of Levitical cities it appears as Holon, with Hilen being a variant spelling or possibly an alternative name. The site has been tentatively identified with Beit Alam.
Key verses:1 Chronicles 6:58Joshua 15:51Joshua 21:15
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Hilen," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.George Morrish, "Hilen," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Hilen," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).