A region on the border where control continually changed between the people of Israel and Edom.
Deuteronomy 2:8So we passed by from our kinsmen the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, by the way of the Arabah to Elath and Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
2 Kings 14:22After Amaziah) rested with his fathers, Azariah) rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah.
2 Kings 16:6At that time, Rezin) king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram and drove the men of Judah from Elath. And the Arameans came to Elath and lived there to this day.