Seventy — Heads of the tribes or families, who should have been examples of true religion, not ringleaders in idolatry. Shaphan — Mentioned 2 Kings 22:9. Shaphan was forward in reforming under Josiah and his son is as forward in corrupting the worship of God.
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Ezekiel 8:11
11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.