Elam

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

32.189° N, 48.258° E

Elam (Place), Elamites

Founded by

Elam

• Ἐλαμίτης·Elamite
• עֵילָם·Elam
• עֵלְמָיֵא·Elamite

Includes 1 verse that refer to Elam without naming it.

1. Genesis 14:1עֵילָם · Elam
   In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
2. Genesis 14:9עֵילָם · Elam
   …against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
3. Ezra 4:9עֵלְמָיֵא · Elamite
   From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
4. Isaiah 11:11עֵילָם · Elam
   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.
5. Isaiah 21:2עֵילָם · Elam
   A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
6. Isaiah 22:6עֵילָם · Elam
   Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
7. Jeremiah 25:25עֵילָם · Elam
   …all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
8. Jeremiah 49:34עֵילָם · Elam
   This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
9. Jeremiah 49:35עֵילָם · Elam
   This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
10. Jeremiah 49:36עֵילָם · Elam
    I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.
11. Jeremiah 49:37עֵילָם · Elam
    So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
12. Jeremiah 49:38עֵילָם · Elam
    I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.
13. Jeremiah 49:39עֵילָם · Elam
    “Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
14. Ezekiel 32:24עֵילָם · Elam
    Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
15. Ezekiel 32:25Referred to, not named
    Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
16. Daniel 8:2עֵילָם · Elam
    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.
17. Acts 2:9Ἐλαμίτης · Elamite
    Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,