Elah
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.
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.
