Editing Elath (section)

==Hebrew Bible==
Elath is first mentioned in the [[Hebrew Bible]] in the [[Book of Exodus]]. The first six [[Stations of the Exodus]] are in Egypt. The seventh is [[Crossing the Red Sea]] and the 9th–13th are in and around Elath. Station twelve refers to a dozen campsites in and around Timna in the state of Israel near Eilat.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} 

When [[David|King David]] conquered [[Edom]],{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} which up to then had shared a common border with [[Midian]], he took over Eilat, the border city shared by them as well. The commercial port city and copper based industrial center were maintained by Egypt until reportedly rebuilt by [[Solomon]] at a location known as [[Ezion-Geber]] (I Kings 9:26). In [[Books of Kings|2 Kings]] 14:21–22, many decades later, "All the people of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]] took [[Uzziah]], who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father [[Amaziah of Judah|Amaziah]]. He rebuilt Elath, and restored it to Judah, after his father's death." Later, in 2 Kings 16:6, during the reign of [[Ahaz|King Ahaz]]: "At that time the king of Edom recovered Elath for Edom, and drove out the people of Judah and sent Edomites to live there, as they do to this day."

According to the Bible ([[Books of Kings#King and Chronicles|2 Kings 14:22]]),<ref>{{cite book |url= https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Kings-Chapter-14_Original-1611-KJV/ |title= 16611 King James Bible. Second Book of Kings, chapter 14, verse 22 |website= kingjamesbibleonline.org |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140612045743/https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Kings-Chapter-14_Original-1611-KJV/ |archive-date= June 12, 2014 |url-status= live}}</ref> one of the earliest and most significant of King [[Uzziah]]'s achievements, unless it has to be attributed to his predecessor [[Amaziah of Judah|Amaziah]], was the recovery of Elath, which was later lost by [[Ahaz]]<ref>as affirmed in 2 King 16:6</ref> - all three 8th-century BCE kings of Judah.

The same Uzziah regained for Judah that command of the trade route of the [[Red Sea#Ancient era|Red Sea]] which [[Solomon#Sins and punishment|Solomon]] had held,<ref>1 King 9:28</ref> but which has subsequently been lost.<ref>{{cite book |author= George G. Buchanan |author-link= George Buchanan |url= https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic01grayuoft |title= A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Isaiah 1-39. 40-66 |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons]] |location= New York |year= 1912 |via= [[Internet Archive|archive.org]] |language= en |volume= I |pages= [https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic01grayuoft/page/472 472] |archive-url= https://archive.today/20181202143147/https://archive.org/stream/criticalexegetic00gray00rich/criticalexegetic00gray00rich_djvu.txt |archive-date= December 2, 2018 |url-status= live |access-date= December 2, 2018}}</ref>