Judges 12:12

Elon … Aijalon Nothing here but a name and a burying-place. Both probably should be pronounced alike, as in the LXX, for the consonants are practically identical; and the form should be Elon, this being the name of one of the -sons," i.e. families, of Zebulun, Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26. The home of the clan was called by the name of the clan; and there the grave was shewn. See on Judges 10:2. In these notices of the Minor Judges have we traditions of individuals or of clans? Partly, perhaps, of the one and partly of the other. The names are clan-names; the -sons" and -daughters" (Judges 10:4; Judges 12:9; Judges 12:14) may represent clan developments and alliances; on the other hand the judgeship and the burying-place seem to preserve the memory of an individual.