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Elealeh

אֶלְעָלֵא · el.a.le · H0500“burnt-offering of God” Hitchcock's 18695 mentions in 3 books, most in Numbers (2)

Where it is

SebamSebamMinnithMinnithMount NeboMount NeboMedebaMedebaMephaathMephaathJazerJazerElealehabout 44 km across

31.81° N, 35.82° E

Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles

Mentioned most in

Numbers · 2Isaiah · 2Jeremiah · 1
Counted from 5 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Elealeh was a city in the territory of Moab, east of the Jordan River. During the conquest of Canaan, the tribes of Reuben and Gad requested permission to settle in this area due to its suitability for livestock (Numbers 32:1-5). Elealeh was one of the cities rebuilt and settled by the Reubenites (Numbers 32:3,37).

However, the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah later pronounced judgment on Moab, including Elealeh. Isaiah mentioned the city in his oracle against Moab (Isaiah 15:4, 16:9), foretelling that the "weeping of Jazer extends to Elealeh." Jeremiah also predicted that the "lament of Heshbon and Elealeh" would be heard as far as Jahaz (Jeremiah 48:34). These prophecies indicate that Elealeh would face destruction along with the rest of Moab for their pride and idolatry.

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

5 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Numbers 2 mentions

Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,Numbers 32:37The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

Isaiah 2 mentions

Isaiah 15:4Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them.Isaiah 16:9Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout…

Jeremiah 1 mention

Jeremiah 48:34From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for the waters of Nimrim will also become desolate.

What the dictionary says

God has ascended, a place in the pastoral country east of Jordan, in the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:3, 37).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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