Elath — Bible place

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 Solomon’s dominion, but afterwards revolted. It was, however, recovered and held for a time under king Uzziah (2 Kings 14:22). Now the ruin Aila.

Recorded scripture occurrences (3)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: DEU 2:8

OET-RV DEU 2:8

8 “So we passed by our relatives, Esav’s descendants who live in Se’ir. We travelled along the Yarden (Jordan) valley plain from Eylot and Etsyon-Gever, then north through the Moav (Moab) wilderness.

OET-LV DEU 2:8

8 And_we _passed _away from_with relatives _of_our the _descendants _of ˊĒsāv who_were_dwelling in_Sēˊīr from_the _way _of the _wilderness _plain from_ʼĒylōt and_from_ˊEʦyon- geⱱer and_we _turned and_we _passed _along the _way _of the _wilderness _of Mōʼāⱱ.

Show passage in OET: KI2 14:22

OET-RV KI2 14:22

22 Azaryah built up Eylot and he reestablished it as part of Yehudah before he died.

OET-LV KI2 14:22

22 He he _built DOM ʼĒylōt and_bring _back_restored _it to_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) after the_king lay _down with ancestors _of_his.

Show passage in OET: KI2 16:6

OET-RV KI2 16:6

6 At that time, Aram’s King Retsin recaptured Eylot City for Aram, then he drove the Yehudim (Judeans) out of Eylot and Arameans moved in instead and they have lived there to this day.

OET-LV KI2 16:6

6 At_time (the)_that Rəʦīn the _king _of ʼArām he _restored DOM ʼĒylōt to_ʼArām and_he _cleared _out DOM the_Yəhūdī/(Judeans) from_ʼĒylōt and they _came ʼĒylōt and_they _lived there until the_day (the)_this.

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