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John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 49:34
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The word of the Lord that came unto Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, etc.] The Persians, as it is commonly understood, who descended from Elam the son of Shem, (<011022>Genesis 10:22); according to Josephusf959; but rather the country of Elymais is here designed; which, though in the times of Cyrus, was added to, and made a part of, the Persian empire, yet was a country distinct both from Persia and Media; and as such is spoken of by Plinyf960; though as near unto Persia, and bordering on Media; according to Stephanusf961, the Elymaites were a country that belonged to the Assyrians; and so Strabof962 places the Elymaeans in Aturia or Assyria; and it seems very manifest that Elam served under Sennacherib, king of Assyria, when he besieged Jerusalem, (<232206>Isaiah 22:6); and afterwards fell into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and became subject to him, which is the calamity here threatened them; for certain it is, that, in Belshazzar’s time, Shushan in Elam was the royal seat of the kings of Babylon, (<270802>Daniel 8:2); now this prophecy against Elam was delivered out in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah; perhaps in the first year of his reign, ten or eleven years before the destruction of Jerusalem; how long before it had its accomplishment is not certain: saying: as follows:
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