This document is about Elasah (son_of_Shaphan). For other homonyms, refer to the Elasah document. He is the son of Shaphan.
Jeremiah 29:1(after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem), the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem),Jeremiah 29:2by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon) to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon). It said:Jeremiah 29:3Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon: