Elath
grove; trees, (Deut. 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings
9:26, etc.); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a
city of
Idumea, on the east, i.e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the
Gulf of
Akabah, of the Red Sea. It is first mentioned in Deut.
2:8. It
is also mentioned along with Ezion-geber in 1 Kings
9:26. It was
within the limits of Solomo...
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In Edom, on the Red Sea, near Ezion Geber (Deuteronomy 2:8).
Now in Arabic Eyleh, at the point of the eastern horn of the
Red Sea. Both town and gulf are named Akaba. No doubt included
in David's conquest of Edom (2 Samuel 8:14). Solomon's navy
rode at sea near Ezion Geber, beside Eloth (1 Kings 9:26; 2
Chronicles 8:17). From Elath the Elaniti...
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And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau,
which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath,
and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the
wilderness of Moab....
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He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king
slept with his fathers....
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At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and
drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and
dwelt there unto this day....
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e'-lath, or e'-loth ('eloth, 'elath; Ailon (Dt 2:8), Ailath
(2 Ki 16:6)): A seaport on the Red Sea in the territory of
Edom. It is named along with Ezion-geber in the account of
Israel's journey round the land of Edom (Dt 2:8). It appears
as Ailath, and Alion in the Septuagint, and in Josephus as
Ilanis (Ant., VIII, vi, 4), while Eusebius...
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Also called Eloth
-A city of Idumea
De 2:8; 1Ki 9:26; 2Ch 8:17
-Conquest of, by Uzziah
2Ch 26:2
-By the Syrians
2Ki 16:6...
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(a grove), the name of a town of the land of Edom, commonly
mentioned with Ezion-geber, and situated at the head of the
Arabian Gulf, which was thence called the Elanitic Gulf. It
first occurs in the account of the wanderings, De 2:8 and in
later times must have come under the rule of David. 2Sa 8:14
We find the place named again in connection...
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grove; trees, (Deut. 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings
9:26, etc.); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a
city of
Idumea, on the east, i.e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the
Gulf of
Akabah, of the Red Sea. It is first mentioned in Deut.
2:8. It
is also mentioned along with Ezion-geber in 1 Kings
9:26. It was
within the limits of Solomo...
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