A man whose descendants are listed during the return of Israel from exile.
About Elam
4. Forefather of 1,254 descendants who returned with Zerubbabel to Judah following the exile (Ezr 2:7; Neh 7:12). Later, 71 members of Elam’s house accompanied Ezra back to Palestine during the reign of King Artaxerxes I of Persia (464–424 BC; Ezr 8:7). In postexilic Judah, Shecaniah, Elam’s descendant, urged Ezra to command the sons of Israel to divorce their foreign wives (10:2); a number from Elam’s house eventually did so (v 26).
Key References
the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
All Scripture References (7)
Ezra (5)
the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
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.
From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Nehemiah (2)
the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;