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AZARIAH

(Heb. ʿăzaryâ, ʿăzaryāhû)

1. High priest under Solomon; a son of the priest Zadok (1 Kgs. 4:2).

2. A son of Nathan who was in charge of the “officials” (perhaps soldiers garrisoned at the palace or perhaps deputies) under Solomon (1 Kgs. 4:5).

3. The given name of King Uzziah (2 Kgs. 15:13; 2 Chr. 26:1-23). The son of Amaziah and Jecoliah, he became king of Judah at the age of 16 (2 Kgs. 14:21; 1 Chr. 3:12) and is said to have ruled 52 years (2 Kgs. 15:1-2). His reign is sometimes thought to be limited to 783-742 b.c.e., and very likely involved co-regency with his son Jotham and perhaps his father Amaziah as well.

4. The great-grandson of Judah through Zerah (one of the sons of Judah by his daughter-in-law Tamar) and Ethan (1 Chr. 2:8).

5. A distant descendant of Judah through Perez, Hezron, and Jerahmeel (1 Chr. 2:38-39).

6. A descendant of Aaron and grandson of Zadok (1 Chr. 6:9[5:35]).

7. A priest in Solomon’s temple (1 Chr. 6:10[5:36]), grandson of 6 above.

8. A priest, father of Hilkiah and son of Seraiah (1 Chr. 6:13[5:39]).

9. A man of the Kohathite division of Levites, whose descendant Heman the singer ministered in the temple in the time of David (1 Chr. 6:36[21].

10. A priest and chief officer of the temple, listed among the earliest settlers in Judah after the Exile (1 Chr. 9:11).

11. A prophet, the son of Oded, who urged Asa to pursue cultic reform (2 Chr. 15:1-7).

12. The name of two sons of King Jehoshaphat of Judah, murdered when their brother Jehoram ascended the throne (2 Chr. 21:2).

13-14. Two military officers, Azariah son of Jeroham and Azariah son of Oded, who assisted the high priest Jehoiada in the revolt against Athaliah (2 Chr. 23:1).

15. A priest, who along with 80 other priests, prevented King Uzziah from offering a sacrifice on the incense altar in the temple (2 Chr. 26:17, 20, in a narrative explaining why the king contracted leprosy).

16. An Ephraimite, numbered among the chiefs who opposed the bringing of Judahite captives into the city of Samaria (2 Chr. 28:12).

17-18. Two Levites, father of the Kohathite Joel and son of the Merarite Jehallelel, among those who assisted Hezekiah with the cleansing of the temple (2 Chr. 29:12).

19. The chief priest under Hezekiah (2 Chr. 31:10).

20. The grandfather of Ezra (Ezra 7:1).

21. The father of Amariah, another ancestor of Ezra (Ezra 7:3).

22. One of the persons who repaired the wall of Jerusalem next to his own house (Neh. 3:23-24), and a leader who participated in its dedication (12:33).

23. One of the leaders of the people who returned from Babylon to Judah under Zerubbabel (Neh. 7:7). Ezra 2:2 gives instead the name Seraiah. Both names appear as the names of priests who signed a document for Ezra promising to obey the law, to refrain from business on the sabbath, pay the temple taxes, and prevent their daughters from marrying foreigners (Neh. 10:2[3]).

24. One of the men who interpreted for the people the law read by Ezra (Neh. 8:7).

25. One of two men who, after the fall of Jerusalem in 586, led a group of Judahites to Egypt, taking Jeremiah and Baruch with them (Jer. 43:2).

26. The Hebrew name of Abednego, one of the three friends of Daniel in Babylon (Dan. 1:6-7, 11, 19; 2:17).

Paul L. Redditt

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AZARIAH

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)