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Reference: Elath, Eloth
Smith
E'lath, E'loth
(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.
We find the place named again in connection with Solomon's navy.
comp. 2Chr 8:17 In the Roman period it became a frontier town of the south and the residence of a Christian bishop. The Arabic name is Eyleh, and palm groves still exist there, after which it was named.