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AQABA*, Gulf of
Eastern branch (of two northern arms) of the Red Sea that penetrates northeast between Saudi Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula. The gulf varies in width from 12 to 17 miles (19 to 27 kilometers) and is 100 miles (161 kilometers) long. The port city of Elath (or Eloth), located at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba, is mentioned in the account of the Israelites’ 40 years of wandering in the wilderness (Dt 2:8). From his port of Ezion-geber King Solomon sent ships down the Gulf of Aqaba to Ophir (1 Kgs 9:26-28).