Now it happened, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
"Eglon ..."  (Joshua 10:3).  Little is known of this place except what may be gleaned from this chapter.  W. F. Albright has identified the place as Tel el-Hesi, which was once thought to be Lachish.[17]