First name Elah in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Elah is the name of the chief of Edom (GEN 36:41), as well as name of son of Baasha and King of Israel (1KI 16:6), father of Hoshea, King of Israel (2KI 15:30), son of Caleb (1CH 4:15), and son of Uzzi (1CH 9:8). Meaning of the name: an oak; a curse; perjury. Related names are: Israel, Hoshea, Baasha . The translations of Elah in 27 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Ela in Spanish to Ela in Albanian!
Name Elah in the world's Bibles
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, (GEN 36:41)
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. (1SA 17:2)
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. (1SA 17:19)
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. (1SA 21:9)
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: (1KI 4:18)
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. (1KI 16:6)
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. (1KI 16:8)
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. (1KI 16:13)
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? (1KI 16:14)
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. (2KI 15:30)
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. (2KI 17:1)
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. (2KI 18:1)
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. (2KI 18:9)
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, (1CH 1:52)
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. (1CH 4:15)
And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. (1CH 4:15)
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; (1CH 9:8)

Popularity of the name Elah in its translations around the world

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