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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50991" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50991" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> ELYMAIS </strong> . This name, which represents the OT <strong> [[Elam]] </strong> , was given to a district of Persia, lying along the southern spurs of Mt. Zagros, S. of [[Media]] and N. of Susiana. In 1Ma 6:1 , according to the common reading, which is adopted by the AV [Note: | <p> <strong> ELYMAIS </strong> . This name, which represents the OT <strong> [[Elam]] </strong> , was given to a district of Persia, lying along the southern spurs of Mt. Zagros, S. of [[Media]] and N. of Susiana. In 1Ma 6:1 , according to the common reading, which is adopted by the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , [[Elymais]] is named as a rich city in Persia. No such city, however, is mentioned elsewhere, except by Josephus, who is simply following 1 Mac. There can be no doubt, therefore, that we should correct the text and read with RV [Note: Revised Version.] , ‘in Elymais in [[Persia]] there was a city.’ </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3447" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3447" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38924" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38924" /> == | ||
<p> (Ε᾿λυμαϊ v ς ), a general designation (Tobit 2:10) of that province of the [[Persian]] empire. See Smith, Diet. of Class. Geog. s.v.) termed ELAM (See [[Elam]]) (q.v.) in the Bible. In 1 [[Maccabees]] 6:1, however, the word is used (incorrectly) in a more specific or local sense of some Persian city, as we are there informed that [[Antiochus]] Epiphanes, understanding there were very great treasures in the temple at Elymais, determined to plunder it; but the citizens resisted him successfully. 2 Maccabees 9:2 calls this city Persepolis, probably because it formerly had been the capital of Persia; for [[Persepolis]] and [[Elymais]] were very different cities; the former situated on the Araxes, the latter on the Eulaeus. The temple which Antiochus designed to pillage was that of the goddess Nannaea, according to 2 Maccabees 1:13; | <p> (Ε᾿λυμαϊ v ς ), a general designation (Tobit 2:10) of that province of the [[Persian]] empire. See Smith, Diet. of Class. Geog. s.v.) termed ELAM (See [[Elam]]) (q.v.) in the Bible. In 1 [[Maccabees]] 6:1, however, the word is used (incorrectly) in a more specific or local sense of some Persian city, as we are there informed that [[Antiochus]] Epiphanes, understanding there were very great treasures in the temple at Elymais, determined to plunder it; but the citizens resisted him successfully. 2 Maccabees 9:2 calls this city Persepolis, probably because it formerly had been the capital of Persia; for [[Persepolis]] and [[Elymais]] were very different cities; the former situated on the Araxes, the latter on the Eulaeus. The temple which Antiochus designed to pillage was that of the goddess Nannaea, according to 2 Maccabees 1:13; Appian says (Syr. page 66) a temple of [[Venus]] (i.e., probably the goddess Anubis); [[Polybius]] (31:11), Diodorus, [[Josephus]] (Ant. 12:9, 1), and [[Jerome]] say a temple of Diana. (See Antiochus (Epiphanes).) </p> | ||
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