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From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Elath
    grove; trees, (Deut. 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings
    9:26, etc.); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of
    Idumea, on the east, i.e., the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf of
    Akabah, of the Red Sea. It is first mentioned in Deut. 2:8. It
    is also mentioned along with Ezion-geber in 1 Kings 9:26. It was
    within the limits of Solomon's dominion, but afterwards
    revolted. It was, however, recovered and held for a time under
    king Uzziah (2 Kings 14:22). Now the ruin Aila.

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Elath, a hind; strength; an oak