Biblical place
Where was Elath?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Aqaba.
First appears in Deuteronomy 2:8 · 4 books · 6 chapters
Overview
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. Modern identification: Aqaba.
Elath is represented in the local geography layer as Aqaba. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Deuteronomy 2:8 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 6 verse references collected into the glossary index.
Key passages
Appears in
2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention