Biblical place
Where was Elath?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Aqaba.
First appears in Deuteronomy 2:8 · 4 books · 6 chapters
Overview
Grove; trees, (Deut. 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings 9:26, etc. ); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of Idumea, on the east, i. e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf of Akabah, of the Red Sea. Modern identification: Aqaba.
Elath is represented in the local geography layer as Aqaba. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Deuteronomy 2:8 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 6 verse references collected into the glossary index.
Nearby biblical places
About 149 km away in the local coordinate layer.
About 243 km away in the local coordinate layer.
About 251 km away in the local coordinate layer.
About 251 km away in the local coordinate layer.
About 254 km away in the local coordinate layer.
Where it sits on the map
How to get to Elath today
Travel to Elath, the modern-day Aqaba.
Elath is commonly identified with Aqaba, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.
Elath is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.
This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.
Key passages
Appears in
2 chapters · 2 verse mentions
2 chapters · 2 verse mentions
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention