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ELATH (called also Eloth, ‘the great trees’).—An important Edomite town on the N.E. arm of the Red Sea, near Ezion-geber. It is mentioned as one of the places passed by the Israelites during their wanderings (Deu_2:8). Close to it king Solomon’s navy was constructed (1Ki_9:26). Subsequently the town must have been destroyed, as we read in 2Ki_14:22 of its being built by Azariah. Later on it was conquered by the Edomites (so RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ).
W. O. E. Oesterley.