1 Chronicles 1:17
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17 The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram:[a] Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.(A)
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- 1.17 Cn: Heb omits and Aram. The sons of
Hosea 14:3
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3 Assyria shall not save us;
we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”(A)
Ezekiel 32:24
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24 Elam is there and all its hordes around its grave, all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into the world below, who spread terror in the land of the living. They bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.(A)
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Ezekiel 32:22
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22 Assyria is there and all its company, their graves all around it, all of them killed, fallen by the sword.(A)
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Ezekiel 27:23
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23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.(A)
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Ezekiel 27:10
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10 Paras[a] and Lud and Put
were in your army,
your mighty warriors;
they hung shield and helmet in you;
they gave you splendor.(A)
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- 27.10 Or Persia
Jeremiah 25:25
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25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
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Isaiah 66:19
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19 and I will set a sign among them. From them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put,[a] and Lud, to Meshech,[b] Tubal, and Javan, to the coastlands far away that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory, and they shall declare my glory among the nations.(A)
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Isaiah 22:6
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- 22.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 21:2
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
the betrayer betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.(A)
Isaiah 11:11
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11 On that day the Lord will again raise[a] his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.(A)
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- 11.11 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the Lord will again a second time
Psalm 83:8
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8 Assyria also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
Ezra 4:2
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2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of families and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him ever since the days of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”(A)
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Numbers 24:22-24
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22 yet Kain is destined for burning.
How long shall Asshur take you away captive?”
23 Again he uttered his oracle, saying,
“Alas, who shall live when God does this?[a]
24 But ships shall come from Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and Eber,
and he also shall perish forever.”(A)
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- 24.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Numbers 23:7
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7 Then Balaam[a] uttered his oracle, saying,
“Balak has brought me from Aram,
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:
‘Come, curse Jacob for me.
Come, denounce Israel!’(A)
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- 23.7 Heb he
Genesis 14:1
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Lot’s Captivity and Rescue
14 In the days of King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim,(A)
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Genesis 11:10
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Descendants of Shem
10 These are the descendants of Shem. When Shem was one hundred years old, he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood,(A)
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Genesis 10:22-32
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22 The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.(A) 23 The descendants of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.(B) 24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.(C) 25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg,[a] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.(D) 26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,(E) 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the descendants of Joktan. 30 The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar, the hill country of the east. 31 These are the descendants of Shem, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.
32 These are the families of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.(F)
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- 10.25 That is, division
Daniel 8:2
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2 In the vision[a] I saw myself in Susa the capital, in the province of Elam,[b] and I was by the Ulai Gate.[c](A)
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