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Jahaziel
Beheld by God. (1.) The third son of Hebron (1 Chr 23:19).
(2.) A Benjamite chief who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr 12:4).
(3.) A priest who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr 16:6).
(4.) The son of Zechariah, a Levite of the family of Asaph (2 Chr 20:14–17). He encouraged Jehoshaphat against the Moabites and Ammonites.
Named in the Bible
6 verses
- 1 Chronicles 12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
- 1 Chronicles 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Chronicles 23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
- 1 Chronicles 24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
- 2 Chronicles 20:14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
- Ezra 8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
