Elzaphan was appointed to the district of Mahanaim, east of Jordan.
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25 Facts About Elzaphan
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Elzaphan appears briefly in a genealogy of Jerahmeelites, in which he is the father Ishi, son of Appaim, son of Nadab, son of Shammai, son of Onam, son of Jerahmeel.
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Elzaphan was originally a resident of Bethlehem before moving to Moab with his family, where he died.
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Elzaphan appears only in the Book of Numbers, in five verses.
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Elzaphan is recorded as the son of a woman named Hushim, the wife of a man named Shaharaim.
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Elzaphan was a son of Uzziel of the house of Levi according to Exodus 6:22, born in Egypt.
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Elzaphan is identified as the son of Zabad, the son of Nathan, the son of Attai, the son of Jarha, the son-in-law of Sheshan, the son of Ishi, the son of Appaim, the son of Nadab, the son of Shammai, the son of Onam, the son of Jerahmeel.
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Elzaphan appears as one character in a genealogy of the Tribe of Asher.
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Elzaphan is described as David's priest by the English Standard Version and New International Version, his chief ruler by the King James Version and his chief minister by the New King James Version.
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Elzaphan is called Izhar according to the variant reading known as Qere.
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Elzaphan's name depends on which variant reading of the Masoretic Text one follows: the Ketiv reads yhbh the Qere reads whbh.
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Elzaphan is one of several clan leaders who, according to Chronicles, were involved in exterminating the descendants of Ham and the Meunim, and taking their pasture-lands.
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