Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
Study Helps
Interpretation
Where Satan cannot persuade men to look upon the judgment to come as uncertain, he gains his point by persuading them to look upon it as at a distance.
Glossary
- Benaiah Person
- Built up by Jehovah. (1. ) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest ( 1 Chr. 27:5 ). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites ( 2 Sam. 8:18 ; 1 Kings 1:32 ; 1 Chr. 18:17 ).
- East Gate Place
- Biblical gate. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
- Pelatiah Person
- Deliverance of the Lord. (1. ) A son of Hananiah and grandson of Zerubbabel ( 1 Chr. 3:21 ). (2. ) A captain of “the sons of Simeon” (4:42). (3. ) Neh. 10:22 .