Elah

1. Esau’s descendant and a chief of Edom (Gn 36:41; 1 Chr 1:52).

2. KJV rendering of Ela, Shimei’s father, in 1 Kings 4:18. See Ela.

3. Baasha’s son and fourth king of Israel. Elah reigned for only two years (886–885 BC). While in a drunken stupor, he was murdered by one of his generals (1 Kgs 16:8–14).

4. Father of Hoshea, the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Kgs 15:30; 17:1; 18:1, 9).

5. Caleb’s second son and father of Kenaz (1 Chr 4:15).

6. Uzzi’s son, descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr 9:8). Elah was among the first to resettle in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. He is not mentioned in the parallel list of Nehemiah 11.