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Azariah
AZARIAH (ăz'a-rī'a, Heb. ‘ăzaryahu, Jehovah has helped)
2. A son of Zadok, a priest during Solomon’s reign (
3. The son of Nathan, an official in the court of Solomon, and possibly his nephew (
4. The son of Ethan, a descendant of Judah (
5. The son of Jehu (
6. The son of Ahimaaz, a priest in Solomon’s court, whose father was a friend of David (
7. The son of Johanan, and grandson of No. 6 (
8. The son of Hilkiah, a priest of the Exile (
9. The son of Zephaniah (
10. The son of Oded, a prophet during the reign of Asa, who inspired the king to destroy the idols and to renew the Temple worship (
11. The son of Jehoshaphat who was killed by his brother Jehoram when the latter succeeded to the throne of Judah (
12. The son of Jeroham, a commander in the Judean army under Athaliah, who participated in the coup that enthroned Josiah (
13. The son of Obed, another commander and a colleague of No. 12 (
14. The chief priest under King Uzziah, who protested the king’s intrusion into the priest’s office. His priesthood extended into the reign of Hezekiah (
15. The son of Johanan, a leader in Ephraim, who protested against the capture of Judeans by the army of Ephraim, supplied them with food and clothing, and released them (
16. A Kohathite (
17. The son of Jehalelel, a Levite (
18. The high priest under Hezekiah (
19. The son of Hilkiah, the grandfather of Ezra (
20. The son of Meraioth, an ancestor of Ezra (
21. The son of Maaseiah, a householder in Jerusalem, who assisted Nehemiah in building the wall (
22. A companion of Zerubbabel in the return from exile (
23. A supporter of Ezra, a Levite, who assisted in interpreting the law (
24. A signer of Nehemiah’s covenant (
25. A participant in the dedication of the rebuilt wall of Jerusalem (
26. The son of Hoshaiah, one of the group who opposed Jeremiah’s counsel (
27. One of Daniel’s three companions, renamed Abednego, whom Nebuchadnezzar condemned to the fiery furnace (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
`azaryahu and `azaryah, ("Yahweh has helped"):
(1) King of Judah. See Uzziah.
(2) A Judahite of the house of Ethan the Wise (
(3) The son of Jehu, descended from an Egyptian through the daughter of Sheshan (
(4) A son of Ahimaaz and grandson of Zadok (
(5) A son of Zadok the high priest and an official of Solomon (
(6) A high priest and son of Johanan (
(7) A Levite, ancestor of Samuel, and Heman the singer (
(8) A son of Nathan and captain of Solomon’s tax collectors (
(9) A prophet in the reign of King Asa; his father’s name was Oded (
(10 and 11) Two sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah (
(12) King of Judah (
(13) A son of Jeroham, who helped to overthrow Athaliah, and place Joash on the throne (
(14) A son of Johanan and a leading man of Ephraim, mentioned in connection with the emancipated captives taken by Pekah (
(15) A Levite of the family of Merari, who took part in cleansing the temple in the days of Hezekiah (
(16) A high priest who rebuked King Uzziah for arrogating to himself priestly functions (
(17) The father of Seraiah and son of Hilkiah (
(18) A son of Hoshaiah, and a bitter enemy of Jeremiah (
(19) One of the royal captives taken to Babylon, whose name was changed to Abed-nego (
(20) The son of Maaseiah, who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem (
(21) A Levite who assisted Ezra to expound the Law (
(22) A priest who sealed the covenant (
(23) A prince of Judah mentioned in connection with the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (