Ee´loth; Heb., “a grove of large trees,” usually the terebinth or palm
Another name for Elath, an important port city located at the end of the northeast arm of the Red Sea, the modern Gulf of Aqabah. The site was passed by the Israelites as they left Egypt (Deut 2:8) and later expanded by Solomon into a trading port (1Kgs 9:26-28). It was apparently destroyed by Edom (2Kgs 8:20-21), later rebuilt by Uzziah (2Chr 26:2), and lost permanently to Edom (or Syria?) during the reign of Ahaz (2Kgs 16:6). Eloth/Elath may be a later name for Ezion-geber, or they may be two distinct sites.
