seventy. The number of the elders. See Numbers 11:18; 2 Chronicles 19:8; Jeremiah 26:17,
men. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
ancients. elders. Contrast Exodus 24:1, &c.
Jaazaniah. His father, Shaphan, had taken part in Josiah's reformation (2 Kings 22:8, &c.) Two of his sons were friendly to Jeremiah (Ahikam, Jeremiah 26:24. and Gemariah, Ezekiel 36:10; Ezekiel 36:25). Another Jaazaniah is mentioned in Ezekiel 11:1.