Person
Name meaning: the doings of God (Hitchcock)
God made. (1.) One of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron (1 Chr. 2:39, “Eleasah”).
(2.) A descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43).
(3.) The son of Shaphan, one of the two who were sent by Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar, and also took charge of Jeremiah’s letter to the captives in Babylon (Jer. 29:3).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(whom God made).
A priest in the time of Ezra who had married a Gentile wife. (Ezra 10:22) (B.C. 458).
Son of Shaphan, one of the two men who were sent on a mission by King Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar at Babylon. (Jeremiah 29:3) (B.C. 594.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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