ELATH
ELATH the Scriptural name of
AELANA under which an account of the town is given.
It is there stated that “the site is now occupied by a fortress called
Akaba,” &c. Dr. Robinson, however, and other travellers regard
Akaba as the representative of Ezion-Geber, and find the site of Elath on the sea shore, a little to the north of
Akaba. “At this point extensive mounds of rubbish, which mark the site of Ailah, the Elath of Scripture, were on our right. They present nothing of interest, except as indicating that a very ancient city has here utterly perished. We did not learn that they have now a name.” (
Bib. Res. vol. i. p. 241.)
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