This is the name of the place Elath: Edomite port on the Red Sea; fortified by Judah.
Definition
or אֵילַת ; from H352; trees or a grove (i.e. palms); Eloth or Elath, a place on the Red Sea
Traditional renderings: Elath, Eloth.
Traditional renderings: Elath, Eloth.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
8 total
- Deuteronomy 2:8מֵאֵילַ֖ת · which comes up from ElathSo we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
- 1 Kings 9:26אֵל֛וֹת · ElothKing Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
- 2 Kings 14:22אֵילַ֔ת · ElathAzariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
- 2 Kings 16:6 (3×)אֵילַת֙ · Elath; מֵֽאֵיל֑וֹת; אֵילַ֔ת · into ElathAt that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 8:17אֵיל֛וֹת · ElothThen Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 26:2אֵיל֔וֹת · ElothUzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.