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ELEALEH

(Heb. ʾelʿālēh)

A Moabite town associated with nearby Heshbon in the judgment oracles in Isa. 15:4; 16:9; Jer. 48:34. Ancient Elealeh (“God is Ascending”) has been identified with modern el-{Al (228136), ca. 2.5 km. (1.5 mi.) NE of Heshbon. The plateau north of the Arnon River was well-suited for grazing, so the livestock that the wealthy tribes of Reuben and Gad sought and received from Moses in return for military service made this area a valuable possession (Num. 32:3, 37). The Reubenites built (i.e., rebuilt or fortified) Heshbon and Elealeh (Num. 32:37). Though not named by the Moabite Stone among those towns taken from Israel, Elealeh and other settlements in the tableland fell under Moabite control when King Mesha revolted against Israelite rule ca. 830 b.c. It remained as such at the time of Jeremiah’s oracle against Moab (ca. 600).

Robert Delsnyder






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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