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His account is intertwined with the political and spiritual dynamics of the Israelite monarchy during a tumultuous period marked by idolatry and divine judgment.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b> <br>Ela is primarily mentioned in the First Book of Kings. His narrative is brief but significant in understanding the decline of the Northern Kingdom due to its departure from the worship of Yahweh.<br><br><b>Historical Context:</b> <br>Ela was the son of Baasha, who was the third king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Baasha came to power by overthrowing the previous king, Nadab, and subsequently exterminating the entire house of Jeroboam, as recorded in <a href="/1_kings/15-27.htm">1 Kings 15:27-29</a>. Baasha's reign was marked by continued idolatry and opposition to the prophetic word of God.<br><br><b>Reign of Ela:</b> <br>Ela ascended to the throne after the death of his father, Baasha. His reign is recorded in <a href="/1_kings/16-6.htm">1 Kings 16:6-10</a>. Ela's rule was short-lived, lasting only two years. The biblical account highlights his indulgence and lack of vigilance, which ultimately led to his downfall.<br><br><b><a href="/1_kings/16-8.htm">1 Kings 16:8-10</a> :</b> <br>"In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ela son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years. Then his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. While Ela was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the palace at Tirzah, Zimri came in, struck him down, and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, and succeeded him as king."<br><br><b>Significance of Ela's Reign:</b> <br>Ela's brief reign is emblematic of the instability and moral decline that plagued the Northern Kingdom. His assassination by Zimri, a military commander, underscores the internal strife and the lack of divine favor that characterized Israel during this period. The narrative of Ela serves as a cautionary tale about the consequences of turning away from God and the inevitable judgment that follows.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b> <br>Ela's account is a reflection of the broader theme of divine retribution found throughout the Old Testament. The Northern Kingdom's persistent idolatry and disobedience to God's commandments led to a series of violent regime changes, as prophesied by the prophets. Ela's demise is a fulfillment of the prophetic word against the house of Baasha, as declared by the prophet Jehu in <a href="/1_kings/16.htm">1 Kings 16:1-4</a>.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b> <br>Ela's reign, though brief, is a critical component of the narrative of the Northern Kingdom's decline. His account serves as a reminder of the importance of faithfulness to God and the dire consequences of neglecting His commandments. The account of Ela is a testament to the biblical principle that leadership without adherence to divine guidance leads to chaos and destruction.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ELA</span><p>e'-la (Ela, APC 1Esdras 9:27):<br><br>(1) Same as Elam (<a href="/ezra/10-26.htm">Ezra 10:26</a>).<br><br>(2) Father of Shimei (<a href="/1_kings/4-18.htm">1 Kings 4:18</a>, the King James Version "Elah").<br><br>See <a href="../e/elah.htm">ELAH, 2</a>.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/414.htm"><span class="l">414. <b>Ela</b> -- an Israelite</span></a><br><b>...</b> 413, 414. <b>Ela</b>. 415 . an Israelite. Transliteration: <b>Ela</b> Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ay-law') Short Definition: <b>Ela</b>. <b>...</b> NASB Word Usage <b>Ela</b> (1). Elah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/414.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/nutter/hymn_writers_of_the_church/ela.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ela</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Ela</b>. <b>Ela</b>, David Hough, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was<br> born in Canaan, Me., in 1831. He was converted in childhood <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/ela.htm</font><p><a href="/library/emmerich/the_life_of_the_blessed_virgin_mary/ix_the_visitation.htm"><span class="l">The visitation</span></a> <br><b>...</b> by Joseph's father, though he was not really his brother, but he came of David's<br> line through a man who was, I think, also a king and was called <b>Ela</b>, Eldoa, or <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/ix the visitation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/severus/life_and_writings_of_sulpitius_severus_/chapter_xlii_in_his_room.htm"><span class="l">In his Room Abiud his Son Held the Kingdom at Jerusalem for Six <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> God. He died in the twenty-sixth year of his reign: and his power passed<br> to <b>Ela</b> his son, but was not retained more than two years. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xlii in his room.htm</font><p><a href="/library/nutter/hymn_writers_of_the_church/hymn_writers_of_the_church.htm"><span class="l">Of the Church</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Dwight, Timothy, [214]DwightT-p0.1. Edmeston, James, [215]Edmeston-p0.1. <b>Ela</b>, David<br> Hough, [216]ElaDH-p0.1. Ellerton, John, [217]Ellerton-p0.1. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../nutter/hymn writers of the church/hymn writers of the church.htm</font><p><a href="/library/nutter/hymn_writers_of_the_church/subject_index.htm"><span class="l">Subject Index</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Dwight, Timothy, [214]DwightT-p0.1. Edmeston, James, [215]Edmeston-p0.1. <b>Ela</b>, David<br> Hough, [216]ElaDH-p0.1. Ellerton, John, [217]Ellerton-p0.1. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/subject index.htm</font><p><a href="/library/burgon/inspiration_and_interpretation/sermon_iii_inspiration_of_scripture_gospel.htm"><span class="l">Inspiration of Scripture. --Gospel Difficulties. --The Word of God <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> [342] To` en autois pneuma Christou.--1 St. Pet. i. 11. [343] upo` Pneu'matos<br> Hagi'ou phero'menoi <b>ela</b>'lesan hoi hagioi theou a'nthropoi2 St. Pet. i. 21. (lit. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../inspiration and interpretation/sermon iii inspiration of scripture gospel.htm</font><p><a href="/library/nutter/hymn_writers_of_the_church/"><span class="l">Hymn Writers of the Church</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Doane. Doane. Doddridge. Dryden. Duffield. Dwight, John Sullivan. Dwight, Timothy.<br> Edmeston. <b>Ela</b>. Ellerton. Elliott. Elliott. Esling. Evans. Everest. Faber. Fabricius <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_7/chapter_ithe_assyrian_revival_and.htm"><span class="l">The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria</span></a> <br>History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7. <. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter ithe assyrian revival and.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/ela.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ela</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>ELA</b>. e'-la (<b>Ela</b>, APC 1Esdras 9:27): (1) Same as Elam (Ezra 10:26). (2) Father of<br> Shimei (1 Kings 4:18, the King James Version "Elah"). <b>...</b><b>Ela</b> (2 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ela.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ela'sah.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ela</b>'sah (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Ela</b>'sah. Elasah, <b>Ela</b>'sah. Elated . Multi-Version Concordance<br><b>Ela</b>'sah (2 Occurrences). Ezra 10:22 And of the sons of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ela'sah.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shammah.htm"><span class="l">Shammah (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> "Shimei the son of <b>Ela</b>" (1 Kings 4:18) should also appear in this passage if Lucian's<br> reading of "<b>Ela</b>" for "Agee" (2 Samuel 23:11) be correct. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shammah.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/elasah.htm"><span class="l">Elasah (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/elasah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vale.htm"><span class="l">Vale (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ELAH, VALE OF. (`emeq ha-'elah, "valley of the<br> terebinth"; he koilas <b>Ela</b>; A, tes druos): The scene of the events of 1 Samuel 17 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vale.htm - 29k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/oabdius.htm"><span class="l">Oabdius</span></a><br><b>...</b> o-ab'-di-us (Codex Alexandrinus Oabdios; Codex Vaticanus eios, Fritzsche, Ioabdios,<br> omitted in the King James Version): One of the sons of <b>Ela</b> who put away <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/oabdius.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lehi.htm"><span class="l">Lehi (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> this day. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). 2 Samuel 23:11<br> After him was Shammah, the son of <b>Ela</b> the Hararite. And the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lehi.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/el-.htm"><span class="l">El-</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/el-.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/elah.htm"><span class="l">Elah (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> ELAH, VALE OF. (`emeq ha-'elah, "valley of the terebinth"; he koilas <b>Ela</b>; A, tes<br> druos): The scene of the events of 1 Samuel 17:2, referred to also in 1 Samuel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/elah.htm - 17k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Ela (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/23-11.htm">2 Samuel 23:11</a></span><br />After him was Shammah, the son of <span class="boldtext">Ela</span> the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/4-18.htm">1 Kings 4:18</a></span><br />Shimei the son of <span class="boldtext">Ela</span>, in Benjamin;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/ela.htm">Ela</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/eladah.htm">Eladah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/ela.htm">Ela (2 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/e/el_shaddai.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="El Shaddai"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="El Shaddai" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/e/elad.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Elad"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Elad" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>