Elath in the Bible

Meaning: a hind; strength; an oak

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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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King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber which [is] near Elath on the shore of the {Red Sea} in the land of Edom.

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He, built Elath, and restored it to Judah, - after the king slept with his fathers.

At that time, Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath, to Syria, and wholly cleared out the Jews from Eloth, - and, the Syrians, entered Elath, and have dwelt there, unto this day.

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After this, Solomon visited Ezion-geber and Elath at the seashore in the land of Edom.

He built Elath and returned it to Judah after the king slept with his ancestors.

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King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

So we turned away from our relatives the descendants of Esau, the inhabitants of Seir, turning from the desert route, from Elat and Ezion Geber, and traveling the way of the Moab wastelands.

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.


(At that time King Rezin of Syria recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there. Syrians arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.)


Uzziah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah had passed away.


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