Elath in the Bible

Meaning: a hind; strength; an oak

Exact Match

He rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his ancestors.

At that time, Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram and drove out the Judeans from Elath. The Arameans came to Elath and have lived there until this day.

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King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds), in the land of Edom.

“So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who lived in Seir, away from the Arabah (wilderness) road, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. Then we turned and passed through by the way of the Wilderness of Moab.

Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the [Red] Sea in the land of Edom.


At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath [in Edom] for Aram, and drove the Jews away from it. The Arameans came to Elath, and live there to this day.


He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king [Amaziah] slept with his fathers [in death].


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