Elah Valley

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Elah Valley is a historic valley in central Israel, traditionally identified as the site of the biblical battle between David and Goliath.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Elah 3
Elah Valley canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic location
valley
biblicalEventLocation battle between Israelites and Philistines
category Battlefields in Asia
Hebrew Bible places
Valleys of Israel
country Israel
crossedBy HaEla River
hasAgriculturalUse grain fields
olive groves
vineyards
hasFlora Mediterranean scrub
oak trees
terebinth trees
hasNameInArabic Wadi es-Sunt
hasNameInHebrew Emek HaElah
hasNearbySettlement Moshav Aviezer
Moshav Neve Michael
Moshav Zekharia
hasRoadAccess Highway 375 (Israel)
Highway 38 (Israel)
hasViewOf Judean Mountains
knownFor archaeological sites
biblical tourism
locatedIn central Israel
linked to: מרכז הארץ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Judean foothills
linked to: Shephelah
locatedNear Beit Shemesh
Kiryat Gat
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
mentionedInBook First Book of Samuel
linked to: 1 Samuel
namedAfter terebinth tree
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Khirbet Qeiyafa
Tel Adullam
Tel Azekah
Tel Sokho
partOf Shephelah region
linked to: Shephelah
religiousSignificanceFor Christianity
Judaism
terrainFeature broad valley
low hills
timePeriodOfMajorEvent Iron Age
tourismType biblical heritage tourism
traditionalSiteOf Battle of David and Goliath
usedFor hiking
historical tours
nature walks

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shfela contains Elah Valley
subject linked to: Shfela (Judean lowlands)
Elah nameInScripture Elah
linked to: Elah Valley
Shfela hasSubregion Elah Valley
Tel Azekah locatedNear Elah Valley
Zimri predecessor Elah
linked to: Elah Valley
Zimri killed Elah
linked to: Elah Valley