AZRIEL (ăz' rĭ-ĕl, Heb. ‘azrî’ēl, God is help)

A chieftain of the tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan (1Chr.5.24).A Naphtalite of David’s time (1Chr.27.19).The father of Seraiah of Jeremiah’s time (Jer.36.26).

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AZRIEL ăz’ rĭ əl (עַזְרִיאֵל, H6480, God is my help). 1. A chief of the half-tribe of Manasseh, E of the Jordan. He and others of his tribe were taken captive by the king of Assyria (1 Chron 5:24-26).

2. The father of Jeremoth, head of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of King David (1 Chron 27:19).

3. The father of Seraiah, who was one of the officers sent by King Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch (Jer 36:26).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)

(`azri’el, "God’s help"):

(1) One of the leading men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, East of the Jordan, who with others of his tribe was carried captive by the king of Assyria (1Ch 5:24ff).

(2) The father of Jerimoth of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of King David (1Ch 27:19).

(3) The father of Seraiah, one of the officers sent by Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch (Jer 36:26).