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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Elath
A port on the Gulf of Aqaba near Ezion-geber. Solomon held it, Edom took it back, Uzziah recovered it for Judah, and Syria finally got it. Modern Eilat keeps the name.
First, in plain English
A port on the Gulf of Aqaba near Ezion-geber. Solomon held it, Edom took it back, Uzziah recovered it for Judah, and Syria finally got it. Modern Eilat keeps the name.
Who this is
Elath was a port city on the Gulf of Aqaba near Ezion-geber, held under Solomon's control (1 Kings 9:26), lost when Edom revolted, and recovered for Judah under Uzziah before finally falling to Syria (2 Kings 14:22; 16:6). Its site is preserved in the name of the modern Israeli city of Eilat.
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The word
H359
Where it is
- 34.999999
- 29.530676
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 2:8
- 1 Kings 9:26
- 2 Kings 14:22
- 2 Kings 16:6
- 2 Chronicles 8:17
- 2 Chronicles 26:2
