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Azariah

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Azariah (ăzərī`ə), common name in ancient Israel, especially among the priests. The following occurrences of the name in the Bible do not necessarily all refer to different persons.

1 Chief officer under Solomon.

2 Chief officer under Solomon.

3 Father of Seraiah 1 See Shavsha .

2 High priest under Zedekiah.

3 Companion of Zedekiah.

4 Captain at Mizpah.

5 Father of Joab.

6 Grandfather of Jehu.

7 Leader in the return with Zerubbabel.
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4 Prophet who stirred King Asa to reform.

5 King of Judah: see Uzziah Uzziah (ŭzī`ə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Amaziah. He rebuilt Elath, port on the Gulf of Aqaba.
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6 Same as Ahaziah 1 King of Israel, son of Ahab. He was a worthy successor of his father only in that he followed Ahab's religious views. He was succeeded by his brother Jehoram (1.)

2 King of Judah, son of Jehoram (2) and Athaliah (1.
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7 High priest who withstood King Uzziah.

8 High priest under Hezekiah.

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10 Sons of King Jehoshaphat.

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12 Aides of Jehoiada in the conspiracy against Athaliah.

13 Worker on the wall of Jerusalem.

14 Same as Seraiah (7.)

15 Interpreter of the law.

16 Sealer of the covenant.

17 Priest in postexilic Jerusalem. His name also appears as Seraiah.

18 See Jaazaniah 1 Head of a number of idolatrous priests whom Ezekiel saw in a vision.

2 Captain active in the politics of Palestine at the time of the fall of Jerusalem. Alternate forms are Jezaniah and Azariah.
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19 One of the Three Young Men Three Young Men, in the Book of Daniel , the three men cast by Nebuchadnezzar into the fiery furnace and delivered by an angel. Their names are Abed-nego, Shadrach, and Meshach, in Babylonian; Azariah, Hananiah, and Mishael, in Hebrew; and Azarias, Ananias, and
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. Azarias is the Greek form of his name.


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Verse 59 takes note of Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael, who thanks to their fidelity were saved from the deadly flames of the fiery furnace (Dan 3), prepared by king Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon for those who did not serve a golden statue as he commanded.
Separate courses were implemented in the late 1800s by Ray Davis at the University of Michigan, Azariah Root at Oberlin College, and others.
 
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