Elam
Where Elam sits on the map, and the 16 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Point marked on the map
- Shush
- Coordinates
- 32.1892, 48.2578
- Mentions
- 16 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
16 verses, in biblical order.
Genesis
- Genesis 14:1
Now it happened in that time that Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Pontus, and Chedorlaomer, king of the Elamites, and Tidal, king of the Nations,
- Genesis 14:9
namely, against Chedorlaomer, king of the Elamites, and Tidal, king of the Nations, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Pontus: four kings against five.
Ezra
- Ezra 4:9
“Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, and the rest of their counselors, the judges, and rulers, the officials, those from Persia, from Erech, from Babylonia, from Susa, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
Isaiah
- Isaiah 11:11
And this shall be in that day: the Lord will send forth his hand a second time to take possession of the remnant of his people who will be left behind: from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 21:2
A difficult vision has been announced to me: he who is unbelieving, he acts unfaithfully, and he who is a plunderer, he devastates. Ascend, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I have caused all its mourning to cease.
- Isaiah 22:6
And Elam took up the quiver and the chariot of the horseman; and he stripped the wall of the shield.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 25:25
and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media,
- Jeremiah 49:34
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saying:
- Jeremiah 49:35
“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, and the summit of their strength.
- Jeremiah 49:36
And I will lead the four winds over Elam, from the four corners of heaven. And I will scatter them into all these winds. And there will be no nation to which the fugitives of Elam will not travel.
- Jeremiah 49:37
And I will cause Elam to be terrified before their enemies and in the sight of those who seek their life. And I will lead an evil over them, the wrath of my fury, says the Lord. And I will send the sword after them, until I consume them.
- Jeremiah 49:38
And I will set my throne in Elam, and I will perish the kings and princes from there, says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 49:39
But in the last days, I will cause the captives of Elam to return, says the Lord.”
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 32:24
Elam is in that place, with all his multitude, on all sides of his grave, all those who were slain or who fell by the sword, who descended uncircumcised to the lowest part of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living. And they have borne their disgrace, with those who descend into the pit.
- Ezekiel 32:25
They have appointed him a place to lie among all his people, in the midst of the slain. Their graves are all around him. All these are uncircumcised and were slain by the sword. For they spread their terror in the land of the living, and they have borne their disgrace, with those who descend into the pit. They have been stationed in the midst of the slain.
Daniel
- Daniel 8:2
saw in my vision, that I was in the capital city of Susa, which is in the region of Elam, yet I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai.