Verse 11
seventy. The number of the elders. See Numbers 11:18 . 2 Chronicles 19:8 . Jeremiah 26:17 ,
men . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 .
ancients = elders. Contrast Exodus 24:1 , &c.
Jaazaniah. His father, Shaphan, had taken part in Josiah's reformation (2 Kings 22:8 , &c.) Two of his sons were friendly to Jeremiah ( Ahikam, Jeremiah 26:24 ; and Gemariah, Ezekiel 36:10 , Ezekiel 36:25 ). Another Jaazaniah is mentioned in Ezekiel 11:1 .
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