Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem District

Valley of Elah

The Valley of Elah, Ella Valley, or Wadi es-Sunt, is a long, shallow valley in the area of . It is best-known from the Hebrew Bible incident where David defeated Goliath.
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  • Type: Valley with an elevation of 311 metres
  • Description: valley in Israel
  • Also known as: “`Emeq HaEla”, “Emek HaEla”, and “HaEla Valley”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Adullam and Tel Sokho.

Peak
Photo: Davidbena, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adullam is an ancient ruin once numbered among the thirty-six cities of Canaan whose kings "Joshua and the children of Israel smote". After that, it fell as an inheritance to the tribe of Judah and was included in the northern division of the "lowland" cities of the land of Judah.

Peak
Sokho is the name given to two ancient towns in the territorial domain of Judah as mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, west of the Judean hills. Both towns were given the name Shuweikah in Arabic, a diminutive of the Arabic shawk, meaning "thorn".

Memorial
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
The Mémorial de la Déportation des Juifs de France is a in to the deportation of Jews from France during the National Socialist era. Located in a pine forest near , near in the Elah Valley, the site was built through…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neve Michael and Aderet.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
also known as Roglit, is a moshav in central . Located in the region and built upon an eminence in the far south-east end of the Elah Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in central . Located in the foothills in the region, south of , west of and overlooking the Valley of Elah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Village
Photo: דג קטן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a kibbutz in central . Located in the Valley of Elah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 677.

Valley of Elah

Latitude
31.67541° or 31° 40′ 32″ north
Longitude
34.99654° or 34° 59′ 48″ east
Elevation
311 metres (1,020 feet)
Open location code
8G3PMXGW+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3840318340
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­valley
Geo­Names ID
294940
Wiki­data ID
Q862725
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Valley of Elah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عمك هالة”
  • Arabic: “وادي السنط”
  • Basque: “Terebinto (harana)”
  • Basque: “Terebinto”
  • Cebuano: “‘Emeq HaEla”
  • Chinese: “以拉山谷”
  • Czech: “Emek ha-Ela”
  • Czech: “Nachal ha-Ela”
  • Czech: “Nahal HaEla”
  • Czech: “Údolí Ela”
  • Czech: “Údolí Elah”
  • Danish: “Terebintedalen”
  • Danish: “Valley of Elah”
  • Danish: “Valley of Elea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وادى ايلاه”
  • Esperanto: “Valo de Ela”
  • French: “Vallée d’Elah”
  • French: “vallée des Térébinthes”
  • French: “Vallée des Térébinthes”
  • French: “Vallée du Térébinthe”
  • German: “Elah”
  • German: “Tal der Terebinthen”
  • Hebrew: “‘Emeq HaEla”
  • Hebrew: “עמק האלה”
  • Indonesian: “Lembah Ela”
  • Japanese: “エラの谷”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Terebintedalen”
  • Norwegian: “Terebintedalen”
  • Polish: “Elah”
  • Portuguese: “Vale de Elá”
  • Portuguese: “Vale de Elah”
  • Portuguese: “Vale dos terebintos”
  • Romanian: “Valea Ela”
  • Spanish: “Valle de Ela”
  • Swedish: “‘Emeq HaEla”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Neve Michael and Aderet.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Khirbat Umm Tunis and Khirbat Sab.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Valley of Elah”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.