1. Jérémie 49:34–39 (NEG79)
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When did the word of the Lord concerning Elam come to Jeremiah?

Jérémie 49:34–39 (NEG79)

34 La parole de l'Eternel fut adressée à Jérémie, le prophète, sur Elam, au commencement du règne de Sédécias, roi de Juda, en ces mots:

The Elamites were descendants of Noah’s son Shem (Genesis 10:22). Elam was located east of Babylon and, of the nations addressed in Jeremiah’s oracles, it is the most remote from Judah. The people of Elam had no direct dealings with Israel. The word concerning Elam came to Jeremiah in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, which was the year 597 BC. According to the Babylonian Chronicle, a collection of ancient clay tablets that record historical events in the Babylonian Empire, Elam may have clashed with Nebuchadnezzar in 596 BC.1 This may be the fulfilment of this prophecy.