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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 14:22 — He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
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Elath
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Elath, the Æla or Elana of the Greek and Roman writers, was a celebrated port situated at the extremity of the eastern branch of the Red Sea, hence called the Elanitic Gulf, ten miles east from Petra, according to Eusebius, and 150 Roman miles from Gaza, according to Pliny, but 1,260 stadia, or 157 miles, according to Strabo and Marcianus Herecleota. It is now called Akaba, and is nothing but a tower or castle, surrounded by a large grove of date trees, the residence of a governor, dependent on him of Grand Cairo. 2Ki 16:6; Deu 2:8; 1Ki 9:26; 2Ch 26:2; Eloth |
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2Ki 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. |
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Deu 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. |
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1Ki 9:26 |
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which [is] beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. |
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2Ch 26:2 |
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 14:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Ki/14/22.html>.
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