Elah
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Elah [1]
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.
