Elam (Hastings' Dictionary)

1. A son of Shera (Gn 10'» = 1 Ch 1"), the eponymous ancestor of the Elamites (see following article). 2. A Korahite (1 Ch 26')- 3. A Benjamite (1 Ch 8-^). 4. The eponym of a family of which 1254 returned with Zerub. (Ezr 2', Neh 7", 1 Es 5'-) and 71 with Ezra (Ezr 8', 1 Es 8"). It was one of the BenC-Elam that urged Ezra to take action against mixed marriages (Ezr 10^), and six of the same family are reported to have put away their foreign wives (Ezr 10-). Elam ace. to Neh lO" ' sealed the covenant.' 5. In the parallel lists Ezr 2^', Neh 7 ' the other Elam ' has also 1254 descendants who return with Zerubbabel. It api)ears certain that there is some confusion here (cf. Berth. -Ryssel,nfZ toe, and Smend,iw<cn, p. 19). 6. A priest who took part in the dedication of the walls (Neh 12-'). J. A. Selbie.