Elath in Biblical History

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What is Elath?
E'LATH
, OR E'LOTH (trees), a seaport-town of Edom, at the northern end of the eastern arm of the Red Sea. Deut 2:8; 2 Chr 8:17. It is usually associated in Scripture with Ezion-geber. The children of Israel passed by it; it was a part of David's conquest, Deut 2:8; 2 Sam 8:14; was a place of importance in Solomon's time, 1 Kgs 9:26, 1 Kgs 9:28; was recaptured by the Edomites, 2 Kgs 8:20; was retaken by Uzziah, 2 Kgs 14:22; 2 Chr 26:2, who rebuilt it; was afterward taken by the king of Damascus, 2 Kgs 16:6, and later by Assyria. 2 Kgs 16:7-9. Stanley thinks that Elath was on the site of modern Akaba, and Robinson placed it on a mound near Akaba. Palm-groves still exist there.

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