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JAAZANIAH

(Heb. yaʾăzanyâ, yaʾăzanyāhû)

A popular name during the 6th century b.c.e. The name appears on a seal from Tell en-Naṣbeh (biblical Mizpah) and on Ostracon 1 from Lachish.

1. A commander of the troops of Judah under the governor Gedaliah (2 Kgs. 25:23); called Jezaniah at Jer. 40:8. He is described as the “son of the Maacathite,” which suggests that he is from the Judahite clan of Maacah, the Galilean town of Abel-beth-maacah, or the Aramean kingdom of Maacah.

2. The son of Jeremiah (not the prophet) and the head of the house of the Rechabites (Jer. 35:3). During the time of King Jehoiakim the prophet Jeremiah tested Jaazaniah and his house and presented the Rechabites to the people of Judah as a model of faithfulness and obedience.

3. The son of Shaphan; one of 70 idolatrous elders of Israel seen by Ezekiel in a vision (Ezek. 8:11). Some scholars suggest that the reference to “Jaazaniah, son of Shaphan, standing among them” is a gloss.

4. The son of Azzur; one of 25 men in the temple gateway seen by Ezekiel in a vision (Ezek. 11:10). He is described as an official of the people.

Ronald A. Simkins

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JAAZANIAH

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)