Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ULAM u'-lam ('ulam, "preceding"): (1) A "son"of Peresh; a Manassite clan (1 Chronicles 7:16, 17). Lucian reads Elam. (2) A descendant of Benjamin who had sons, "mighty men of valor" (1 Chronicles 8:39, 40). The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Ailam in 1 Chronicles 8:39 and Aileim in 8:40; Codex Alexandrinus has Oulam in both verses, and so Lucian.

Multi-Version Concordance Ulam (4 Occurrences) 1 Chronicles 7:16 Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 7:17 The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 8:39 The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 8:40 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)