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Elam.
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two places
in
Elam some twelve
Then
occur.
it
name
Pentateuch does the
in the
drops into forgetfulness for
emerge again in the latest his the Half a millennium books and prophets. later there are Elamites in the upper chamber on the day centuries, to
torical
in
of Pentecost.
This word
the key to one of the most curious resti tutions of decayed intelligence ever known in the world "
is
"
of literature.
Elam
In the book of Genesis we find
entered in the
Next great record of races as the first-born of Shem. comes Assur. Not a w ord more of Elam until twice in r
the fourteenth
Kedor-la omer,
Now Shinar
chapter king of
although the is first
we
find
same
the
given to
title
"
Elam."
name
mentioned
Amraphel (^EnN) king "
in specifying the
the conquest took place,
Elam must have been
of
we soon
find
his over-lord
"
days
in
of
which
that the king of
for the
subjugated Kedor-la omer, and it was he, "and the kings that were with him," that undertook to reduce them to submission when they revolted. These things were very kings
;
"served"
surprising and perplexing to thoughtful Bible-readers
very
till
lately.
Now
they are
furnishing
one of the
most
striking