109.Ezra Reads the Law to the PeopleGustave Doré

Elasah

אֶלְעָשָׂה/el-AY-suh/

“Whom God made”

Summary

The name of two men in the Old Testament: a priest who put away his foreign wife, and a son of Shaphan who carried Jeremiah's letter to the Babylonian exiles.

☩Elasah, Son of Shaphan

One Elasah was a son of Shaphan, one of two men sent on a diplomatic mission by King Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar at Babylon after the first deportation from Jerusalem. At the same time, they carried the prophet Jeremiah's letter to the Jewish captives in Babylon, counseling them to settle down and seek the welfare of the city where they had been carried, for their exile would last seventy years. The name in Hebrew is identical with Eleasah.

Key verses:Jeremiah 29:3

☩Elasah the Priest

Another Elasah was a priest of the sons of Pashur who had married a Gentile wife after the return from Babylon and who responded to Ezra's call to put away his foreign wife.

Key verses:Ezra 10:22

Related Verses3 mentions

1 Chronicles· 1 verse

2:39

Jeremiah· 1 verse

29:3

Ezra· 1 verse

10:22

References

1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Elasah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. III (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Elasah," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
3.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Elasah," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).