Biblical places
Elath
A Red Sea port near Ezion-Geber, contested between Israel and Edom for control (2 Kings 14:22, 16:6). Its exact ancient location is unconfirmed, somewhere in the area of modern Eilat/Aqaba.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Probable
- Eilat / Aqaba area
- 29.5577, 34.9519
OpenBible.info offers four candidate sites, showing that the exact ancient location has not been settled. It is presumed to be the same area as, or adjacent to, Ezion-geber.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Deuteronomy 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 Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
2 Kings 14:22
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Kings 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.