Elah
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,...
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And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which
[was] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,
[that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria,
and besieged it....
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For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by
which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in
provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities....
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(Hebrew: אֵלָה; Greek: Ἠλά; Latin: Ela) was a son of Baasha, who
succeeded him as king of Israel. William F. Albright has dated
his reign to 877 BC - 876 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the
dates 886 BC - 885 BC.[1]
Chapter 16 of 1 Kings relates how Elah was murdered by his
chariot commander Zimri, who became his successor....
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e'-la ('elah, "oak" or "terebinth"):
(1) A "duke" or "sheik" (head of a clan, the Revised Version
(British and American) "chief") of Edom (Gen 36:41).
(2) Shimei-ben-Elah, Solomon's commissary in Benjamin (1 Ki
4:18 the King James Version).
(3) A son of Caleb the son of Jephunneh (1 Ch 4:15).
(4) Father of Hoshea, last king of Israel (2 Ki ...
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1. A valley where David killed Goliath
1Sa 17:2,19; 21:9
-2. An Edomite duke
Ge 36:41; 1Ch 1:52
-3. Son of Caleb
1Ch 4:15
-4. Father of Shimei
1Ki 4:18
-5. Son and successor of Baasha, king of Israel
1Ki 16:6-14
-6. Father of Hoshea
2Ki 15:30; 17:1
-7. A Benjamite chief
1Ch 9:8...
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(an oak, strength).
1. The son and successor of Baasha king of Israel. 1Ki
16:8-10 His reign laster for little more than a year; comp.
ver. 8 with 10. (B.C. 928-7.) He was killed while drunk, by
Zimri, in the house of his steward Azra, who was probably a
confederate in the plot.
2. Father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel. 2Ki
15:30; 17:1 (...
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terebinth or oak. (1.) Valley of, where the Israelites were
encamped when David killed Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2,
19). It was
near Shochoh of Judah and Azekah (17:1). It is the
modern Wady
es-Sunt, i.e., "valley of the acacia." "The
terebinths from
which the valley of Elah takes its name still cling
to their
ancient soil. On the west side of th...
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1. Baasha's son and successor on the Israelite throne (1 Kings
16:8-10); reigned little more than a year. A beacon to warn
drunkards, killed by the captain of half his chariots, Zimri,
while "drinking himself drunk" in the house of his steward
Arza in Tirzah. Josephus (Ant. 8:12, section 4) says it
occurred while his army and officers were abs...
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