Babel
: members of the nation of Babylon (32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(30° 57´, 46° 6´);
(31° 49´, 35° 17´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(30° 57´, 46° 6´)
Elam
: son of Shem son of Noah,a country east of the Tigris and Babylon in the territory of Media,son of Shashak of Benjamin,son of Meshelemiah; a Levite gatekeeper,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon; Elam I,forefather of exile returnees with Zerubbabel; Elam II,forefather of returnees headed by Jeshaiah,forefather of Shecaniah who had to put away his heathen wife,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law,a priest who helped Nehemiah dedicate the new wall of Jerusalem (32° 11´, 48° 15´)
Erekh
: a town in Lower Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River (32° 19´, 45° 38´)
Rehum
: a priest leader of some who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,a man who was one of Ezra's local adversaries,son of Bani; a Levite who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to keep God's law
Simsai
: father of (Zabad?) who had Artaxerxes stop the work on the temple
Susan
: capital city of Elam and winter home of the Persian kings (OS) (32° 11´, 48° 15´)
Ur-Kasdim
: a town of lower Mesopotamia about 230 km SE of old Babylon,father of Eliphal / Eliphelet, one of David's military elite (32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(30° 57´, 46° 6´);
(31° 49´, 35° 17´);
(32° 32´, 44° 25´);
(30° 57´, 46° 6´)
Ezra 4:23
Artahsasta
: a man who usurped the Persian throne 552-551BC (ZD74),a Persian king who must have reigned before 516BC (ZD74),King of Persia about 460-440BC (ZD74)
Rehum
: a priest leader of some who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,a man who was one of Ezra's local adversaries,son of Bani; a Levite who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to keep God's law
Simsai
: father of (Zabad?) who had Artaxerxes stop the work on the temple
Yerusalem
: the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin (31° 50´, 34° 59´);
(31° 46´, 35° 14´)
Ezra 5:6
Darius
: king of Persia after Cyrus and Artaxerxes Smerdis; Darius I,son of Ahasuerus; Darius II the Mede,king of Persia after Darius II; Darius III the Persian
Syetar-Boznai
: a leader with Tattenai who opposed building the temple