1 Chronicles 1:17
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17 The sons of (A)Shem were Elam, Asshur, (B)Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and [a]Meshech.
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- 1 Chronicles 1:17 Mash, Gen. 10:23
Hosea 14:3
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3 Assyria shall (A)not save us,
(B)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(C)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
Daniel 8:2
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2 I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that I was in (A)Shushan,[a] the [b]citadel, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai.
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- Daniel 8:2 Or Susa
- Daniel 8:2 Or fortified palace
Ezekiel 32:24
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24 “There is (A)Elam and all her multitude,
All around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who have (B)gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth,
(C)Who caused their terror in the land of the living;
Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
Ezekiel 32:22
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22 “Assyria(A) is there, and all her company,
With their graves all around her,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword.
Ezekiel 27:23
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23 (A)Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of (B)Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants.
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Ezekiel 27:10
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10 “Those from Persia, [a]Lydia, and [b]Libya
Were in your army as men of war;
They hung shield and helmet in you;
They gave splendor to you.
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- Ezekiel 27:10 Heb. Lud
- Ezekiel 27:10 Heb. Put
Jeremiah 25:25
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25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of (A)Elam, and all the kings of the (B)Medes;
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Isaiah 66:19
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19 (A)I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and [a]Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. (B)And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.
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- Isaiah 66:19 So with MT, Tg.; LXX Put (cf. Jer. 46:9)
Isaiah 22:6
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Isaiah 21:2
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2 A distressing vision is declared to me;
(A)The treacherous dealer deals treacherously,
And the plunderer plunders.
(B)Go up, O Elam!
Besiege, O Media!
All its sighing I have made to cease.
Isaiah 11:11
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11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
(A)From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the [a]islands of the sea.
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- Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
Psalm 83:8
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8 Assyria also has joined with them;
They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
Ezra 4:2
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2 they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him (A)since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”
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Numbers 24:22-24
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22 Nevertheless Kain shall be burned.
How long until Asshur carries you away captive?”
23 Then he took up his oracle and said:
“Alas! Who shall live when God does this?
24 But ships shall come from the coasts of (A)Cyprus,[a]
And they shall afflict Asshur and afflict (B)Eber,
And so shall [b]Amalek, until he perishes.”
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- Numbers 24:24 Heb. Kittim
- Numbers 24:24 Lit. he or that one
Numbers 23:7
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7 And he (A)took up his [a]oracle and said:
“Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram,
From the mountains of the east.
(B)‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
And come, (C)denounce Israel!’
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- Numbers 23:7 prophetic discourse
Genesis 14:1
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Lot’s Captivity and Rescue
14 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king (A)of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of (B)Elam, and Tidal king of [a]nations,
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- Genesis 14:1 Heb. goyim
Genesis 11:10
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Shem’s Descendants(A)
10 (B)This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
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Genesis 10:22-32
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22 The (A)sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, (B)Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and [a]Mash. 24 [b]Arphaxad begot (C)Salah, and Salah begot Eber. 25 (D)To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was [c]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 [d]Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
32 (E)These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; (F)and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.
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- Genesis 10:23 LXX Meshech and 1 Chr. 1:17
- Genesis 10:24 So with MT, Vg., Tg.; LXX Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Salah (cf. Luke 3:35, 36)
- Genesis 10:25 Lit. Division
- Genesis 10:28 Ebal, 1 Chr. 1:22
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