Bible Location
Meaning: a hind; strength; an oak · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Elath was the Red Sea port at the Gulf of Aqaba connected with Edom and with Judah's maritime ambitions. It is important because it linked the southern kingdom to sea trade and to the desert-east frontier. First appears in Deut 2:8.1
Place meaning
a hind; strength; an oak
Coordinates
29.53, 35.01
First appears
Deut 2:8
AI summary: Elath matters because it opens Israel's world toward the Red Sea and long-distance trade. Deuteronomy remembers it in the southern route, while Kings uses it as part of the royal port system connected with Ezion-geber. The cross references present Elath as a southern harbor-city where frontier geography and seaborne commerce met.1
Place meaning
a hind; strength; an oak
Latitude
29.53
Longitude
35.01
Bible references
3
Grove; trees, (Deut. 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings 9:26, etc.); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of Idumea, on the east, i.e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf of Akabah, of the Red Sea. It is first mentioned in Deut. 2:8. It is also mentioned along with Ezion-geber in 1 Kings 9:26. It was within the limits of Solomon’s dominion, but afterwards revolted. It was, however, recovered and held for a time under king Uzziah (2 Kings 14:22). Now the ruin Aila. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.