'Elders' in the Bible

Then some of the elders of Judah stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said,

The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon.