Kulon

Kulon the name of a city found only in the Sept. version (Κουλόν) of Jos 15:59, as lying in the tract around Bethlehem (see Kiel's Comment. ad loc.); probably corresponding t t the modern village of Kulonieh, an hour and a half west of Jerusalem (Robinson's Researches, ii, 146), with many old walls built of hewn stones (Scholz, Reise, p. 161). SEE JUDAH, TRIBE OF.