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<p> '''''ē´la''''' | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50940" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> ELAH </strong> (‘terebinth’). A valley in the Shephçlah, the scene of the battle between [[David]] and [[Goliath]] ( 1 Samuel 17:21 :9). It is most likely the modern <em> Wady es-Sunt </em> , which, rising in the mountains about Jeba, about 11 miles due S.W. of Jerusalem, runs westward, under various names, till it opens on the Maritime [[Plain]] at <em> Tell es-Safi </em> . In the middle of the valley is a watercourse which runs in winter only; the bottom is full of small stones such as David might have selected for his sling. </p> <p> R. A. S. Macalister. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3223" /> == | |||
<p> '''''ē´la''''' ( אלה , <i> ''''''ēlāh''''' </i> , "oak" or "terebinth"): </p> <p> (1) A "duke" or "sheik" (head of a clan, the Revised Version (British and American) "chief") of Edom ( [[Genesis]] 36:41 ). </p> <p> (2) Shimei-ben-Elah, Solomon's commissary in [[Benjamin]] ( 1 Kings 4:18 the King James Version). </p> <p> (3) A son of [[Caleb]] the son of [[Jephunneh]] ( 1 Chronicles 4:15 ). </p> <p> (4) Father of Hoshea, last king of [[Israel]] ( 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 17:1 ). </p> <p> (5) A B enjamite, son of Uzzi, one of the chiefs of the tribes when the country was settled ( 1 Chronicles 9:8 ). </p> <p> (6) King of Israel. See next article. </p> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_50940"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/elah+(1) Elah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_3223"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/elah+(1) Elah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 17:02, 8 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
ELAH (‘terebinth’). A valley in the Shephçlah, the scene of the battle between David and Goliath ( 1 Samuel 17:21 :9). It is most likely the modern Wady es-Sunt , which, rising in the mountains about Jeba, about 11 miles due S.W. of Jerusalem, runs westward, under various names, till it opens on the Maritime Plain at Tell es-Safi . In the middle of the valley is a watercourse which runs in winter only; the bottom is full of small stones such as David might have selected for his sling.
R. A. S. Macalister.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
ē´la ( אלה , 'ēlāh , "oak" or "terebinth"):
(1) A "duke" or "sheik" (head of a clan, the Revised Version (British and American) "chief") of Edom ( Genesis 36:41 ).
(2) Shimei-ben-Elah, Solomon's commissary in Benjamin ( 1 Kings 4:18 the King James Version).
(3) A son of Caleb the son of Jephunneh ( 1 Chronicles 4:15 ).
(4) Father of Hoshea, last king of Israel ( 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 17:1 ).
(5) A B enjamite, son of Uzzi, one of the chiefs of the tribes when the country was settled ( 1 Chronicles 9:8 ).
(6) King of Israel. See next article.
