Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 1:17-23
THE SONS OF SHEM, OR THE SEMITES (1 Chronicles 1:17-23).(17) Blam.—The Elamtum of the Assyrian inscription, the classic Susiana, a mountainous land eastward of Babylonia, to which it was subject in the days of Abraham (Genesis 14:0). The names Assurû, Elamû, Kassû, and Accadû occur together in an old Assyrian list of nations. Êlama, from which the Assyrian and Hebrew names are derived, is Accadian. The native designation was Ansan. The Sargonide kings of Assyria had frequent wars with... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 1:13-16
THE CITY ZIDON AND THE TEN RACES OF CANAAN (1 Chronicles 1:13-16).(13) Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn.—Or, in modern phrase, Zidon is the oldest city of Canaan. It is usually mentioned along with Tyre, the ruling city in later times. Sennacherib speaks of the flight of Lulî, “king of Zidon,” from Tyre. Esarhaddon mentions Baal of Tyre as a tributary. Of the eleven “sons of Canaan all but three or four have been identified in the cuneiform inscriptions of Assyria.And Heth—that is, the Hittite... read more