24. Elam--placed next, as having been an auxiliary to Assyria. Its
territory lay in Persia. In Abraham's time an independent kingdom
(Ge 14:1).
Famous for its bowmen
(Isa 22:6).
borne their shame--the just retribution of their lawless pride.
Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar
(Jer 49:34-38).
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