Ulai

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Ulai was the Eulaus of the Greeks, a river of Susiana.

It was probably the eastern branch of the Choasper (Kerkhan), which divided into two branches some 20 miles above the city of Susa. Hence Daniel (8:2,16) speaks of standing "between the banks of Ulai", i.e., between the two streams of the divided river.

Ulai mentions in the Bible:

• Daniel 8:2 – "And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai."
• Daniel 8:16 – "And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision."

[edit] References

• This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.