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The names are not personal, but designate families. The seal of the high-priestly house of Seraiah was probably appended either by Ezra or Eliashib, both of whom belonged to it.
When Israel was first brought into covenant with God it was done by sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood, Ex. 24. But here it was done by the more natural and common way of sealing and subscribing…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Obadiah It has been suggested that Iddo's name has accidentally dropped out after Obadiah's. (Cf. Neh 12:4; Neh 12:16.) If this were the case, the number of houses mentioned in this passage would…
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