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Elymais

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

el -i -mā´is ( Ἐλύμαις , Elúmais ): This name, representing the Old Testament Elam (see ELAM ), was given to a district of Persia lying South of Media and North of Susiana. In 1 Macc 6:1 the common reading, which is adopted by the King James Version, refers to Elymais as a rich city in Persia. No other reference, however, to such a city is found except in Josephus (Ant. , XII , ix, 1) who simply follows 1 Macc. The text should therefore be corrected to read as in the Revised Version (British and American), "in Elymais in Persia there was a city.»