Elam in the Bible

Meaning: a young man; a virgin; a secret

Exact Match

all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media;

Early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam.

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfYears Of Zedekiah

The Lord who rules over all said, "I will kill all the archers of Elam, who are the chief source of her military might.

Verse ConceptsDisarmamentBreaking Weapons

I will cause enemies to blow through Elam from every direction like the winds blowing in from the four quarters of heaven. I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. There will not be any nation where the refugees of Elam will not go.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesFour WindsExiled Foreigners

I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies, who are seeking to kill them. I will vent my fierce anger and bring disaster upon them," says the Lord. "I will send armies chasing after them until I have completely destroyed them.

Verse Conceptsend

I will establish my sovereignty over Elam. I will destroy their king and their leaders," says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfThrone

"Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam's ill fortune." says the Lord.

Thematic Bible



Of the children of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy men.

The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and four and fifty;

The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred and four and fifty;


And it chanced within a while, that Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of the nations:

with Chedorlaomer the king of Elam and with Tidal king of the nations, and with Amraphel king of Shinar, and with Arioch king of Ellasar: four kings against five.

I saw in a vision, and when I saw it, I was at Susa in the chief city, which lieth in the land of Elam, and in the vision me thought I was by the river of Ulai.


The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred four and fifty;

The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred and four and fifty;


At the same time shall the LORD take in hand again, to conquer the remnant of his people which are left alive: From the Assyrians, Egyptians, Arabians, Ethiopians, Elamites, Chaldeans, Antiochians and Islands of the sea.


Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,


The heads of the people were: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,


and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, and Jezrahiah was the overseer.


Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elihoenai the seventh.


Parthians, Medes, and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia, of Jewry and of Cappadocia, of Pontus and of Asia;


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