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Ezra 8:7 Cross-References
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“And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.”
Ezra 8:7 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezra 8:7
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. The Elam family contributed seventy males. Jeshaiah means 'Yahweh is salvation,' a name particularly apt for exile context—only God could deliver from Babylon and restore Jerusalem. Athaliah, despite being predominantly a feminine name (notably the wicked queen in 2 Kings 11), was occasionally used for males, meaning 'Yahweh is exalted.'The number seventy carries symbolic resonance in Scripture: seventy elders (Exodus 24:1), seventy years of exile (Jeremiah 25:11), seventy descendants of Jacob (Genesis 46:27), J...
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