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Valley of Elah

Valley of Elah (Biblical Place • 31.691°N, 34.963°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 17:2 , 1 Sam 17:19 , 1 Sam 21:9 . It is closely linked with Valley of Baca (Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E): ?. Referenced in Ps 84:6 .

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Valley of Elah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 17:2 , 1 Sam 17:19 , 1 Sam 21:9 .) Valley of Baca (?. Referenced in Ps 84:6 .) Valley of Slaughter (Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 7:32 , Jer 19:6 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).) Valley of Lebanon (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:17 , Josh 12:7 (identified with Mount Hermon ).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 1 Samuel 17:19 : "Now Saul , and they, and all the men of Israel , were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."; 1 Samuel 17:2 : "And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines."; 1 Samuel 21:9 : "And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, t...".

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Valley of Elah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.691°N, 34.963°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 17:2 , 1 Sam 17:19 , 1 Sam 21:9 .

Valley of Baca
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Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

?. Referenced in Ps 84:6 .

Valley of Slaughter
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 7:32 , Jer 19:6 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).

Valley of Lebanon
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Mount Hermon • 33.416°N, 35.857°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:17 , Josh 12:7 (identified with Mount Hermon ).

Valley of Aven
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 34.007°N, 36.204°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 1:5 .

Valley of Mizpeh
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 33.282°N, 35.573°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:8 .

Valley of Beracah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.611°N, 35.166°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 20:26 .

Valley of Achor
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.837°N, 35.400°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 7:24 , Josh 7:26 , Josh 15:7 , Isa 65:10 , Hos 2:15 .

Valley of Zephathah
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.615°N, 34.910°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 14:10 .

Valley of Hamon-gog
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Biblical Place • Dibon 1 • 31.497°N, 35.783°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 39:11 , Ezek 39:15 (identified with Dibon 1 ).

Valley of Jezreel
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Biblical Place • Jezreel 2 • 32.556°N, 35.331°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 17:16 , Judg 6:33 , Hos 1:5 (identified with Jezreel 2 ).

Valley of Sorek
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.826°N, 34.989°E

now Wadi es-Sarar. Referenced in Judg 16:4 .

Valley of the Travelers
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Dibon 1 • 31.497°N, 35.783°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 39:11 (identified with Dibon 1 ).

Valley of Gibeon
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Biblical Place • Gibeon • 31.847°N, 35.185°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 28:21 (identified with Gibeon ).

Valley of Hinnom
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:8 , Josh 18:16 , Neh 11:30 .

Valley of Zeboim
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Biblical Place • 31.936°N, 35.425°E

from tyndale; now Wadi ed Dubba. Referenced in 1 Sam 13:18 .

Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:8 , Josh 18:16 , 2 Kgs 23:10 , 2 Chr 28:3 , 2 Chr 33:6 , Jer 7:31 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).

Valley of Iphtahel
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.833°N, 35.277°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:14 , Josh 19:27 .

Valley of Shaveh
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:17 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Valley of Succoth
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Succoth 1 • 32.200°N, 35.633°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ps 108:7 (identified with Succoth 1 ).

Valley of Siddim
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.235°N, 35.518°E

~. Referenced in Gen 14:3 , Gen 14:8 , Gen 14:10 .

Valley of Salt
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.087°N, 35.384°E

from nbd. Referenced in 2 Sam 8:13 , 2 Kgs 14:7 , 1 Chr 18:12 , 2 Chr 25:11 , Ps 60:1 .

Valley of Aijalon
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Aijalon • 31.841°N, 35.025°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 10:12 (identified with Aijalon ).

Valley of Rephaim
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.756°N, 35.223°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:8 , Josh 18:16 , 2 Sam 5:18 , 2 Sam 5:22 , 2 Sam 23:13 , 1 Chr 11:15 .

Valley of Eshcol
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Biblical Place • Mamre • 31.549°N, 35.094°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 13:23 , Num 13:24 , Num 32:9 , Deut 1:24 (identified with Mamre ).

Valley Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 26:9 , Neh 2:13 , Neh 2:15 , Neh 3:13 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Valley of Zered
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Zered • 30.884°N, 35.898°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 21:12 (identified with Zered ).

Valley of Gerar
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Gerar • 31.391°N, 34.561°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 26:17 (identified with Gerar ).

Valley of Jehoshaphat
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Kidron • 31.772°N, 35.237°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Joel 3:2 , Joel 3:12 (identified with Kidron ).

King's Valley
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:17 , 2 Sam 18:18 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Valley of the Arnon
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Arnon • 31.429°N, 35.677°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 2:24 , Deut 2:36 , Deut 3:8 , Deut 3:12 , Deut 3:16 , Deut 4:48 (identified with Arnon ).

Kidron Valley
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Kidron • 31.772°N, 35.237°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 30:14 , John 18:1 (identified with Kidron ).

Valley of Hebron
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Mamre • 31.549°N, 35.094°E

?. Referenced in Gen 37:14 .

Valley of Shittim
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Abel-shittim • 31.858°N, 35.642°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Joel 3:18 (identified with Abel-shittim ).

Jordan Valley
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.309°N, 35.560°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 13:10 , Gen 13:11 .

Valley of Jericho
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jericho • 31.871°N, 35.444°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 34:3 (identified with Jericho ).

Scripture Passages (24)

Now Saul , and they, and all the men of Israel , were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz .

Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah : and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.

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.

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 ?

Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel , that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham , and Elah the son of Uzzi , the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel , the son of Ibnijah;

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah .

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.

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah , which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel , that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria , and besieged it.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

Lod , and Ono , the valley of craftsmen.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Topheth , nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.

And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,

And in the valley, Eshtaol , and Zorah , and Ashnah ,

And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite ; the same is Jerusalem : and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

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