Encyclopedia of The Bible – Elasah
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Elasah

ELASAH ĕl’ ə sə (אֶלְעָשָֽׂה, LXX Jer 36:3 ̓Ελεασα; 2 Esd 10:22 ̓Ηλασα; God has made). 1. One of Pashhur’s sons who were among the priests who put away their foreign wives (Ezra 10:22).

2. A son of Shaphan, who when sent to Nebuchadnezzar by Zedekiah, carried a letter from Jeremiah to the exiles (Jer 29:3). (This is really the same name as Eleasah, q.v.)