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Seaport town at the extreme north of the Gulf of Akaba branch of the Red Sea. First mentioned in the wanderings of the Israelites; it was afterwards included in the dominion of Solomon, near to which, at Ezion-geber, he had a navy of ships. Afterwards we read that it was built by Azariah, and was restored to Judah; but subsequently it was conquered by Rezin and held by the Syrians, until it became a frontier town of Rome. Deut. 2: 8; 1 Kings 9: 26; 2 Kings 14: 22; 2
Kings 16: 6; 2 Chr. 8: 17; 2 Chr. 26: 2. It was situate about . Elath is now called Aqaba and is in Jordan, it is the only sea-port of that country.