Lux Domini

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 Kings

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

2 Chronicles

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

Deuteronomy

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

1 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention