Person Old Testament
Elam
Elam was a son of Shashak, from the tribe of Benjamin. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 8:24.
Why it matters. Son of Shashak, a Benjamite
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Elam
Elam is mentioned in 1Ch.8.24 as one of the sons of Shashak, a descendant of Benjamin. He is listed among the heads of families living in Jerusalem.
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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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Shashak
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)