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An ancient region east of Babylon in modern-day Iran
MesopotamiaHistorically Verified
The capital city Susa has been dug up since the 1880s. Mesopotamian texts mention Elam extensively as a major regional power.
Ancient kingdom east of Babylon, in what is now southwestern Iran. Elam appears in Genesis as a descendant of Shem and later as a military power whose king Chedorlaomer raided Canaan. The prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel all foretold Elam's judgment and eventual restoration, and Elamites were present at Pentecost in Acts 2.
Genesis
The Rescue and the Two Kings
Elam is introduced as the homeland of Chedorlaomer, the dominant king whose coalition triggers the entire war — a distant eastern empire flexing its power over the Jordan Valley city-states.
Jeremiah
No Nation Beyond Reach
Elam is identified here as the distant eastern nation in what is now southwestern Iran — receiving both the most geographically expansive judgment in the chapter and one of only two restoration promises, closing the chapter on a note of paradox.
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