<strong>AZRIEL</strong> (ăz' rĭ-ĕl, Heb. <em>‘azrî’ēl, God is help</em>)<br /><br />

A chieftain of the tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan (<bibleref ref="1Chr.5.24">1Chr.5.24</bibleref>).A Naphtalite of David’s time (<bibleref ref="1Chr.27.19">1Chr.27.19</bibleref>).The father of Seraiah of Jeremiah’s time (<bibleref ref="Jer.36.26">Jer.36.26</bibleref>).<br /><br />

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<strong>AZRIEL</strong> <strong>ăz’ rĭ əl</strong> (<span class="hebrew">עַזְרִיאֵל</span>, <span class="gknumber">H6480</span>, <em>God is my help</em>). 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 (<bibleref ref="1Chr.5.24-1Chr.5.26">1 Chron 5:24-26</bibleref>).<br /><br />

2. The father of Jeremoth, head of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of King David (<bibleref ref="1Chr.27.19">1 Chron 27:19</bibleref>).<br /><br />

3. The father of Seraiah, who was one of the officers sent by King Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch (<bibleref ref="Jer.36.26">Jer 36:26</bibleref>).<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(`azri’el, "God’s help"):<br /><br />

(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 (<bibleref ref="1Chr.5.24-1Chr.5.26">1Ch 5:24ff</bibleref>).

(2) The father of Jerimoth of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of King David (<bibleref ref="1Chr.27.19">1Ch 27:19</bibleref>).

(3) The father of Seraiah, one of the officers sent by Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch (<bibleref ref="Jer.36.26">Jer 36:26</bibleref>).<br /><br />

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