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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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