Smith's Bible Names Dictionary – Pillar, Plain Of The
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Pillar, Plain Of The

or rather "oak of the pillar" (that being the real signification of the Hebrew word elon), a tree which stood near Shechem and at which the men of Shechem and the house of Millo assembled to crown Abimelech the son of Gideon. (Judges 9:6)