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Person Old Testament

Elah

Elah was a Benjamite, the son of Uzzi. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 9:8.

Why it matters. Son of Uzzi, a Benjamite

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Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Elah

Elah is briefly mentioned in 1Ch.9.8 in a genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin. He is listed as the son of Uzzi, who was among the Benjamites who lived in Jerusalem.

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.

Parents
Uzzi

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 Chronicles (1 verse)

    9:8

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