(eternity).

1. The son of Shem. (Genesis 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:17)
2. A Korhite Levite in the time of King David. (1 Chronicles 26:3) (B.C. 1014.)
3. A chief man of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:24)
4. “Children of Elam,” to the number of 1254, returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon. (Ezra 2:7; Nehemiah 7:12) 1 Esdras 5:12. (B.C. 536 or before.) Elam occurs amongst the names of the chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:14)
5. In the same lists is a second Elam, whose sons, to the same number as in the former case, returned with Zerubbabel, (Ezra 2:31; Nehemiah 7:34) and which for the sake of distinction is called “the other Elam.”
6. One of the priests who accompanied Nehemiah at the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 12:42)