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Elah אֵלָה
King of Israel. Elah, son of Baasha, was king of Israel for two years.
Family
| Father | Baasha |
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Where Elah appears
1 Kings (4)
Key verses
- 1 Kings 16:6 first mention — So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Kings 16:8 — In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
- 1 Kings 16:13 — For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
- 1 Kings 16:14 — Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.