ELEALEH ĕl’ ĭ ā’ lə (אֶלְעָלֵ֑א, אֶלְעָלֵ֑ה). A city in Trans-Jordan on the southern boundary of the region known as Gilead. It lay over a m. NNE of Heshbon, almost due E of the northern tip of the Dead Sea. It is identified with the modern site of el’Âl. This region was disputed territory throughout the OT period. It was conquered by the Israelites as they occupied Trans-Jordan and Elealeh and surrounding towns were given to the tribe of Reuben (Num 32:3). They were rebuilt and given Israelite names (32:37, 38). The Moabites soon reoccupied the area, and the territory was in dispute between Ammon and Moab (Judg 11:13ff.). After the revolt of Mesha of Moab was successful upon the death of Ahab (c. 850 b.c.), the territory became Moabite and remained so throughout the prophetic period. Elealeh and Heshbon are mentioned as Moabite towns in both Isaiah’s and Jeremiah’s oracles of judgment on Moab (Isa 15:4; 16:9; Jer 48:34).