Elim

The second stop in Israel's exodus out of Egypt, Elim is an oasis to which Israel arrived "on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt," memorable for its "twelve springs and seventy palm trees" (Exo 15:27 & 16:1). To their complaints about starving to death, Yahweh responded by raining on them quails and manna from heaven.

Little else is known about the place, and its identity uncertain; a plausible site is Wadi Gharandel, about 60 km south of Suez on the west coast of the Sinai peninsula.

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CONCORDANCE (NIV)

Elim appears 5x spread over 4 verses in the OT (Beer Elim in Isa 15:8 is a different place altogether):

Exo 15:27 & 16:1 — Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water. The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt.

Num 33:9 & 10 — They left Marah and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. They left Elim and camped by the Red Sea.