Difference between revisions of "Elam"

<p> '''E'lam.''' ''(eternity).'' </p> <p> 1. This seems to have been originally, the name of a man, the son of Shem. &nbsp;Genesis 10:22; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:17. Commonly, however, it is used as the appellation of a country. &nbsp;Genesis 14:1; &nbsp;Genesis 14:9; &nbsp;Isaiah 11:11; &nbsp;Isaiah 21:2. The Elam of Scripture appears to be the province lying south of Assyria and east of Persia proper, to which [[Herodotus]] gives the name of Cissia, (iii. 91, v. 49, etc.), and which is termed Susis or Susiana by the geographers. Its capital was '''Susa''' . This country was originally people by descendants of Shem. </p> <p> By the time of Abraham, a very important power had been built up in the same region. It is plain that at this early time, the predominant power in lower [[Mesopotamia]] was Elam, which, for a while, held the place possessed earlier by Babylon, &nbsp;Genesis 10:10, and later by either Babylon or Assyria. </p> <p> 2. [[A]] Korhite Levite, in the time of King David. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:3. [[(B.C.]] 1014). </p> <p> 3. [[A]] chief man, of the tribe of Benjamin. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:24. </p> <p> 4. "Children of Elam," to the number of 1254, returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon. &nbsp;Ezra 2:7; &nbsp;Nehemiah 7:12. &nbsp;1 [[Esdras]] 5:12. [[(B.C.]] 536 or before). Elam occurs amongst the names of the chief of the people, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:14. </p> <p> 5. In the same lists is a second Elam, whose sons, to the same number as in the former case, returned with Zerubbabel, &nbsp;Ezra 2:31; &nbsp;Nehemiah 7:34, and which, for the sake of distinction, is called "the other Elam." </p> <p> 6. One of the priests, who accompanied Nehemiah, at the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem. &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:42. </p>

<p> '''Elam''' (''ç'lam'' ). 1. [[A]] country peopled by the descendants of Shem, and called, after his son, Elam. &nbsp;Genesis 10:22. It lay south of Assyria and west of Persia proper, and reached to the Persian Gulf. Herodotus called it Cissia. It was a province of Persia, of which Susa was capital. &nbsp;Ezra 4:9; &nbsp;Daniel 8:2. Elam was a strong power in Abram's time. &nbsp;Genesis 14:9. Its people aided in the destruction of Babylon, &nbsp;Isaiah 21:2; invaded Israel, 22:6. Its destruction was foretold. &nbsp;Jeremiah 49:34-39; &nbsp;Jeremiah 25:25; &nbsp;Ezekiel 32:24-25. [[A]] remarkable statement illustrating the truth of the [[Scriptures]] in respect to Elam has been deciphered from Assyrian cylinders in the British Museum. 2. The name of six persons in the Old Testament. </p>