Person Old Testament
Elam
Elam was the ancestor of a group of exiles who returned to Jerusalem. Mentioned in 6 verses across 2 books, first at Ezra 2:7.
Why it matters. Ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Elam
Elam is mentioned in Ezr.2.7,31; 8.7; 10.26; and Neh.7.12,34 as the ancestor of a group of Jewish exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. In Ezr.2.7 and Neh.7.12, the descendants of Elam are listed among the exiles who returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr.8.7 records that some of the descendants of Elam also returned with Ezra. In Ezr.10.2,26, some of the descendants of Elam are mentioned among those who had married foreign women and pledged to put them away. The repeated mentions of Elam's descendants suggest they were a significant family group among the returning exiles.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 6 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.