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Elath

엘랏

Named with Ezion Geber at Deuteronomy 2:8: “So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber.” 2 Kings 14:21–22 says, “All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. He built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.” The Korean Revised Version reads 14:22 아마샤가 그 열조와 함께 잔 후에 아사랴가 엘랏을 건축하여 유다에 돌렸더라, after Amaziah slept with his fathers, Azariah built Elath and restored it to Judah. 2 Kings 16:6 says, “At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and live there to this day.”

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All the people of Judah make Azariah king, and Elath is built and restored to Judah (Event)All the peopl…Rezin king of Syria and Pekah king of Israel come up to Jerusalem and besiege Ahaz, and Rezin recovers Elath (Event)Rezin king of…

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  • 2KI 14:21–22, engwebp

    21All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.

    22He built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.

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  • 2KI 16:5–6, engwebp

    5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

    6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and live there to this day.

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  • DEU 2:8–9, engwebp

    8So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

    9The LORD said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”

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AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26

Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Elath of Deuteronomy 2:8 and Eloth of 1 Kings 9:26
  • Deuteronomy 2:8 says, “So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber.” The Korean Revised Version writes the name 엘랏.
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    • DEU 2:8–9, engwebp

      8So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

      9The LORD said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”

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  • 1 Kings 9:26 says, “King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.” The Korean Revised Version writes the name 엘롯.
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    • 1KI 9:26–28, engwebp

      26King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

      27Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

      28They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon.

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  • 2 Kings 14:21–22 says, “All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. He built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.” The Korean Revised Version reads 14:22 아마샤가 그 열조와 함께 잔 후에 아사랴가 엘랏을 건축하여 유다에 돌렸더라, after Amaziah slept with his fathers, Azariah built Elath and restored it to Judah, and writes the name 엘랏.
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Deuteronomy 2:8 names Elath with Ezion Geber; 1 Kings 9:26 says that Ezion Geber, where King Solomon made a fleet of ships, is beside Eloth; and 2 Kings 14:22 says that Elath was built and restored to Judah (the Korean Revised Version says that Azariah built it after Amaziah slept with his fathers, and WEB says only “He built Elath”). In both editions Deuteronomy and 2 Kings write Elath (엘랏) and 1 Kings writes Eloth (엘롯). This collection records the Elath of 2 Kings with the Elath of Deuteronomy under one entry, as it does a place of the same name that the text does not place elsewhere, and keeps the differently written Eloth apart. The text does not say whether Eloth and Elath are the same place, and the collection does not decide whether they are.

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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Elath” by name and 3 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Aqaba (confidence 527 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 1 other identification is listed too.

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Deuteronomy 2:8 Open that verse

So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

2 Kings 14:22 Open that verse

He built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.

2 Kings 16:6 Open that verse

At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and live there to this day.

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Entry: Elath (place-elath)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/elath
Current wording: Named with Ezion Geber at Deuteronomy 2:8: “So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber.” 2 Kings 14:21–22 says, “All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. He built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that the king slept with his fathers.” The Korean Revised Version reads 14:22 아마샤가 그 열조와 함께 잔 후에 아사랴가 엘랏을 건축하여 유다에 돌렸더라, after Amaziah slept with his fathers, Azariah built Elath and restored it to Judah. 2 Kings 16:6 says, “At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and live there to this day.”
Cited evidence: 2KI 14:21–22, engwebp / 2KI 16:5–6, engwebp / DEU 2:8–9, engwebp
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