Ezra 8:7

And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

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Interpretation

Ezra assembles the outcasts of Israel, and the dispersed of Judah. God raised up the spirits of a small remnant to accompany him.

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This thought runs through Ezra 8:6-8.

Athaliah Person: Whom God afflicts. (1. ) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah ( 2 Kings 8:18 ), who “walked in the ways of the house of Ahab” ( 2 Chr. 21:6 ), called “daughter” of Omri ( 2 Kings 8:26 ).