Elah ( he, אֵלָה ''’Ēlā''; el, Ἠλά; la, Ela) was the fourth king of
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, the son and successor of
Baasha.
William F. Albright has dated his reign to 877–876 BCE, while
E. R. Thiele offers the dates 886–885 BCE.
[Edwin Thiele, '']The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings
''The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings'' (1951) is a reconstruction of the chronology of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah by Edwin R. Thiele. The book was originally his doctoral dissertation and is widely regarded as the definitive work on t ...
'', (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). , 9780825438257
Chapter 16 of
1 Kings
The Book of Kings (, '' Sēfer Məlāḵīm'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of Israel also including the book ...
relates how Elah and all his family members were murdered by his
chariot
A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 2000&n ...
commander
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Zimri, who became his successor.
References
External links
1 Kings Chapter 16"Elah", ''Jewish encyclopedia''
880s BC deaths
9th-century BC Kings of Israel
9th-century BC murdered monarchs
Biblical murder victims
House of Baasha
Dethroned monarchs
Male murder victims
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