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Elath
Shown: Aqaba, one of the proposed sites.
Photo: Bel Adone, public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Verses (6)

Deut 2:8
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
1 Kgs 9:26
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
2 Kgs 14:22
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Kgs 16:6
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
2 Chr 8:17
Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
2 Chr 26:2
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

King James Version