He built Elath, i.e. repaired and fortified it; for it was built before, Deuteronomy 2:8. Restored it to Judah; from whom it had revolted with the rest of Edom, in which land this place was upon the Red Sea. The king, i.e. his father Amaziah; who did not perfect his conquest of Edom, but left some work for his son.

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