Ezra 10:26 Meaning and Explanation
“And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.”
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What Does Ezra 10:26 Mean?
The record continues among the people of Israel with the sons of Elam, naming six men: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Eliah. This is the same family from which Shechaniah came, the man who first voiced hope and proposed the covenant in the chapter's opening.
There is a quiet poignancy in seeing the family of the one who called for reform now appearing among those who must undergo it. Repentance is not a matter of pointing at others while standing clear oneself; it reaches into one's own house. Shechaniah's own kin do not escape the very return he summoned the nation to make. So it is with all sincere calls to obedience: they begin at home. The honest naming here shows a people willing to be measured by the same standard they had proclaimed for all.
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What does Ezra 10:26 mean?
Six men from the family of Elam are named among the laity involved.