Person Old Testament
Ela
Also known as Ela =ESV, NIV; Elah =KJV
Ela, the son of Uzzi, served as an official under King Solomon. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Kings 4:18.
Why it matters. Son of Uzzi, an official under Solomon
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Ela
Ela, mentioned in 1Ki.4.18, was the son of Uzzi and served as an official during the reign of King Solomon. He was appointed as one of the twelve officers responsible for providing supplies for the king and the royal household, each for one month of the year.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Children
- Shimei
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Kings (1 verse)