Elath
Where Elath sits on the map, and the 6 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Aqaba
- Coordinates
- 29.5307, 35.0000
- Mentions
- 6 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
6 verses, in biblical order.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 2:8
And when we had passed through our brothers, the sons of Esau, who were living at Seir by the way of the plain from Elath and from Eziongeber, we arrived at the way which leads to the desert of Moab.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 9:26
And king Solomon made a navy at Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shores of the Red Sea, in the land of Idumea.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 14:22
He built up Elath, and he restored it to Judah, after which the king slept with his fathers.
- 2 Kings 16:6
At that time, Rezin, the king of Syria, restored Elath to Syria, and he expelled the Judeans from Elath. And the Idumeans went into Elath, and they have lived there, even to this day.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 8:17
Then Solomon went away to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, on the coast of the Red Sea, which is in the land of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 26:2
He built up Eloth, and he restored it to the dominion of Judah. After this, the king slept with his fathers.