the fifth Elam, the sixth Jehohanan, and the seventh Elihoenai.p>

<p class="bodytext">the descendants of Elam: 1,254;p>

<p class="bodytext">the descendants of Elam, 1,254;p>

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Shem were Elam,<n id="1" /> Asshur,<n id="2" /> Arphaxad,<n id="3" /> Lud,<n id="4" /> and Aram.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">the descendants of the other Elam: 1,254;p>

<p class="bodytext">from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;p>

<p class="bodytext">From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.p>

<p class="bodytext">the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The sons of Shem:p> <p class="bodytext">Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.p> <p class="bodytext">The sons of Aram:<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The leaders<n id="1" /> of the people were as follows:p> <p class="bodytext">Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,p>

all the kings of Zimri;<n id="1" /> all the kings of Elam;<n id="2" /> all the kings of Media;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will kill all the archers of Elam,p> <p class="poetry">who are the chief source of her military might.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Yet in days to comep> <p class="poetry">I will reverse Elam&#8217;s ill fortune.&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will cause enemies to blow through Elam from every directionp> <p class="poetry">like the winds blowing in from the four quarters of heaven.p> <p class="poetry">I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds.p> <p class="poetry">There will not be any nation where the refugees of Elam will not go.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> Amraphel king of Shinar,<n id="2" /> Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations<n id="3" />

Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations,<n id="1" /> Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar. Four kings fought against<n id="2" /> five.

<p class="poetry">I have received a distressing message:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The deceiver deceives,p> <p class="poetry">the destroyer destroys.p> <p class="poetry">Attack, you Elamites!p> <p class="poetry">Lay siege, you Medes!p> <p class="poetry">I will put an end to all the groaning!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Early in the reign<n id="1" /> of King Zedekiah of Judah, the <sc>Lordsc> spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam.<n id="2" />p>

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam,<n id="1" /> addressed Ezra:p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying<n id="2" /> foreign women from the local peoples.<n id="3" /> Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies,p> <p class="poetry">who are seeking to kill them.p> <p class="poetry">I will vent my fierce angerp> <p class="poetry">and bring disaster upon them,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will send armies chasing after them<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">until I have completely destroyed them.p>