Eleazar
This Eleazar was a son of Eliud named in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus Christ, part of the unrecorded chain of ancestors between Zerubbabel and Joseph. He is a different person from the more famous Eleazar, third son of Aaron and a priest during the Exodus, though both share the same name.
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Biography
- Father
- Eliud
- Era
- Exile / Second Temple
Family
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This Eleazar shares his name with Aaron's son and eventual successor as high priest, but the two men lived over a thousand years apart and are not related beyond the coincidence of name.
Key Chapters
Key Passages
From the Exile to Joseph
Matthew 1:15
The name Eleazar ('God has helped') was common in Israel, but this later Eleazar, only two generations before Joseph, is otherwise unattested in Scripture.
15nd Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;