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    4 others in the registry answer to the name Elah. Every Elah in the Bible

    person

    Elah

    אֵלָה

    Elah, son of Baasha, was king of Israel for two years.

    verses
    4
    first named
    1 Kings 16:6
    last named
    1 Kings 16:14
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Israel

    Description

    Who was Elah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Elah was the son of Baasha and became the fourth king of Israel, ruling for two years (1Ki.16.8). He ascended to the throne after the death of his father, who had ruled for 24 years. Elah's reign was marked by his evil deeds and his continuation of the sins of his father, leading Israel astray from God (1Ki.16.13). While Elah was drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, his steward in Tirzah, Zimri, one of his officials, conspired against him and killed him (1Ki.16.9-10). Zimri then succeeded Elah as king. The death of Elah marked the end of the dynasty of Baasha, fulfilling the prophecy of Jehu against Baasha's house (1Ki.16.3-4, 11-14).

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Elah9 of 9 entities the graph connects to Elah, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 2, events 6. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.BaashaChild of · 2 events · 26 versesKinshipZimri’s reignTook part in · 3 versesZimri’s killing of Elah and Baasha HouseTook part in · 2 versesCompanyIsrael1 event · 2,578 versesJudah1 event · 1,023 versesWriting1 event · 103 versesAsa2 events · 53 versesTirzah3 events · 13 versesZimri3 events · 8 versesEventsElah

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    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Elah happensThe one place the claims about Elah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Tirzah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Elah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Tirzah
    Divided MonarchyThe one place the claims about Elah reach

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 1 book.

    1. 1 Kings4 verses

      16:616:816:1316:14

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    via Zimri’s killing of Elah and Baasha House and Zimri’s reignZimriKing of Israel, reigned seven daysvia Zimri’s reignReignReign is a concept gathering 158 labelled instances in the text.via Zimri’s reignTirzahCanaanite city that became the capital of Israelvia Zimri’s killing of Elah and Baasha HouseAsaKing of Judah, son of Abijah; father of Jehoshaphatvia Zimri’s killing of Elah and Baasha HouseJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Zimri’s killing of Elah and Baasha HouseKillingKilling is a concept gathering 151 labelled instances in the text.via BaashaAhijahFather of Baasha, king of Israelvia BaashaBaasha Military ActionBaasha Military Action is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via BaashaBaasha WithdrawalBaasha Withdrawal is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.

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