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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(whom God made). (1) A priest (Ezra 10:2222And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. (Ezra 10:22)). (2) Son of Shaphan (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)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

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.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

God has wrought