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Jahaziel

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

Beheld by God.

2

The third son of Hebron (1 Chr 23:19).

3

A Benjamite chief who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr 12:4).

4

A priest who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr 16:6).

5

The son of Zechariah, a Levite of the family of Asaph (2 Chr 20:14-17). He encouraged Jehoshaphat against the Moabites and Ammonites.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ja-ha'-zi-el (yachazi'el, "God sees"):

(1) In 1 Chr 12:4 (Hebrew 5), one of David's recruits at Ziklag, a Benjamite or maybe a Judean.

(2) In 1 Chr 16:6, one of two priests appointed by David to sound trumpets before the ark on its journey to Jerusalem. The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus, read "Uzziel."

(3) In 1 Chr 23:19; 1 Chr 24:23, a Levite, "son" of Hebron, a Kohathite. Kittel, following the Septuagint, reads "Uzziel."

(4) In 2 Chr 20:14, an Asaphite, son of Zechariah. He encouraged King Jehoshaphat of Judah and his subjects to fight against the Moabite and Ammonite invaders.

(5) In Ezra 8:5, an ancestor of one of the families of the Restoration. Read probably "of the sons of Zattu, Sheconiah the son of Jahaziel," following 1 Esdras 8:32 (= Jezelus).

David Francis Roberts

See also

Person Jahaziel (1 Chr 16,6) Person Jahaziel (1 Chr 23,19) Person Jahaziel (2 Chr 20,14)

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