Charles Ellicott Commentary Judges 12:11

"And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years." — Judges 12:11 (ASV)

Elon. —The name means “a terebinth.” People in the East to this day are often named from trees. (One of the author’s mule drivers in Palestine was named Ab Zeitûn, “father of olives.”)