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 1
Elah Valley canonical 1

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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 NERFINISHED
hasAgriculturalUse grain fields
olive groves
vineyards
hasFlora Mediterranean scrub
oak trees
terebinth trees
hasNameInArabic Wadi es-Sunt NERFINISHED
hasNameInHebrew Emek HaElah NERFINISHED
hasNearbySettlement Moshav Aviezer NERFINISHED
Moshav Neve Michael NERFINISHED
Moshav Zekharia NERFINISHED
hasRoadAccess Highway 375 (Israel) NERFINISHED
Highway 38 (Israel) NERFINISHED
hasViewOf Judean Mountains NERFINISHED
knownFor archaeological sites
biblical tourism
locatedIn central Israel NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Judean foothills NERFINISHED
locatedNear Beit Shemesh NERFINISHED
Kiryat Gat NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
mentionedInBook First Book of Samuel NERFINISHED
namedAfter terebinth tree
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Khirbet Qeiyafa NERFINISHED
Tel Adullam NERFINISHED
Tel Azekah NERFINISHED
Tel Sokho NERFINISHED
partOf Shephelah region NERFINISHED
religiousSignificanceFor Christianity NERFINISHED
Judaism NERFINISHED
terrainFeature broad valley
low hills
timePeriodOfMajorEvent Iron Age NERFINISHED
tourismType biblical heritage tourism
traditionalSiteOf Battle of David and Goliath NERFINISHED
usedFor hiking
historical tours
nature walks

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Referenced by (2)

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

Shfela (Judean lowlands) contains Elah Valley
subject surface form: Shfela
Elah (as named in the biblical text) nameInScripture Elah Valley
subject surface form: Elah
this entity surface form: Elah