Elam

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. A district southeast of Babylon, on Persian Gulf

• Genesis 14:1 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
• Genesis 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar— four kings against five.
• Daniel 8:2 And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

Prophecies concerning

• Isaiah 11:11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Jews from

• Acts 2:9 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

See Elamites

2. A Korhite Levite

• 1 Chronicles 26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.

3. A Benjamite chief

• 1 Chronicles 8:24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

4. Designated as "the other Elam,"

• Ezra 2:31 the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
• Nehemiah 7:34 the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

5. A Jewish captive, whose descendants, to the number of One-thousand two-hundred and fifty-four returned from Babylon

• Ezra 2:7 the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
• Ezra 8:7 from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
• Nehemiah 7:12 the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

6. A Levite musician

• Nehemiah 12:42 and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.

7. One of the Israelitish chiefs with Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 10:14 And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,