Elam

Mentioned 456–444 BC traditional (Jones)

Mentioned in 5 verses, first in Ezra 2:7.

Compiled from the tagged verses.

Tagged in: 5 verses

Mentioned in the era of Exile and return, 586–5 BC.
Named in the same verses as Abdi, Athaliah, Eliah, Ezra, Jehiel, Jehiel, Jeremoth, and Jeshaiah.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 481–419 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

5 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

Ezra4
Nehemiah1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Elam 28
KJV	Elam 28
ASV	Elam 28

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 5 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Ezra4 verses

2:7
the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
8:7
from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
10:2
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
10:26
From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

Nehemiah1 verse

7:12
the descendants of Elam, 1,254;