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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50940" /> ==
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3226" /> ==
<p> <strong> [[Elah]] </strong> (‘terebinth’). [[A]] valley in the Shephçlah, the scene of the battle between David and [[Goliath]] (&nbsp; 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>
<p> ''''' ē´la ''''' . Son of Baasha, fourth king of [[Israel]] (&nbsp;1 Kings 16:6-14 ). He reigned two years, 888-887 bc. The statement that he came to the throne in the 26th year of Asa, reigned two years, and died in the 27th year of Asa, illustrates the [[Hebrew]] method of synchronizing the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah (compare &nbsp;1 Kings 15:33; &nbsp;1 Kings 16:8 ). [[Elah]] appears to have been a debauchee. While he was drinking himself drunk in the house of Azra, his chamberlain, Zimri, one of his military leaders, conspired against him and murdered him. According to [[Josephus]] (VIII, xii, 4) he took advantage of the absence of the army, which was at Gibbethon, to kill Elah. The extirpation of the royal family followed the murder of the king. Baasha's dynasty had its origin in a murder and it ended in a murder. The government had no stability. These revolutions illustrate the truth that "they who take the sword shall perish with the sword." </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]] (&nbsp;Genesis 36:41 ). </p> <p> (2) Shimei-ben-Elah, Solomon's commissary in [[Benjamin]] (&nbsp;1 Kings 4:18 the King James Version). </p> <p> (3) [[A]] son of [[Caleb]] the son of [[Jephunneh]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:15 ). </p> <p> (4) Father of Hoshea, last king of [[Israel]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 15:30; &nbsp;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 (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:8 ). </p> <p> (6) King of Israel. See next article. </p>
          
          
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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_3226"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/elah+(2) Elah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</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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Latest revision as of 15:07, 16 October 2021

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]

ē´la . Son of Baasha, fourth king of Israel ( 1 Kings 16:6-14 ). He reigned two years, 888-887 bc. The statement that he came to the throne in the 26th year of Asa, reigned two years, and died in the 27th year of Asa, illustrates the Hebrew method of synchronizing the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah (compare  1 Kings 15:33;  1 Kings 16:8 ). Elah appears to have been a debauchee. While he was drinking himself drunk in the house of Azra, his chamberlain, Zimri, one of his military leaders, conspired against him and murdered him. According to Josephus (VIII, xii, 4) he took advantage of the absence of the army, which was at Gibbethon, to kill Elah. The extirpation of the royal family followed the murder of the king. Baasha's dynasty had its origin in a murder and it ended in a murder. The government had no stability. These revolutions illustrate the truth that "they who take the sword shall perish with the sword."

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  1. ↑ Elah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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