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Elasah

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: E By: George A. Morrish

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1. Priest who had married a strange wife (Ezra 10:22²²And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. (Ezra 10:22)).

2. Ambassador whom Zedekiah sent to Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 29:3³By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, (Jeremiah 29:3)). In the Hebrew this name is the same as ELEASAH.

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