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[some Elte'kon] (Hebrews Eltekon' àֶìְúֶּ÷ï , God is its foundation; Sept. Å᾿ëèåêïýí v.r. Å᾿ëèåêåí and ÈÝêïõì , Vulg. Eltecon), a city of Judah, in the mountain-district, mentioned last in order after Maarath and Beth- Anoth (Jos_15:59), being in the group north of Hebron (Keil, Comment. in loc.). SEE JUDAH. It is perhaps identical in site with the present Deit Sahur el-Atikah, a little S.E. of Jerusalem. SEE ELTEKEH. It is perhaps the Altaqu mentioned in the Assyrian inscriptions. SEE HEZEKIAH.