Ja-azani'ah. (whom Jehovah hears).
1. One of the captains of the forces, who accompanied Hohanan ben-Kareah, to pay his respects to Gedaliah at Mizpah, 2 Kings 25:23, and who appears, afterwards, to have assisted in recovering Ishmael's prey from his clutches. Compare Jeremiah 41:11; Jeremiah 43:4-5. (B.C. 587).
2. Son of Shaphan. Ezekiel 8:11. It is possible that he is identical with Jaazaniah, 3.
3. Son of Azur, one of the princes of the people, against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy. Ezekiel 11:1. (B.C. 593).
4. A Rechabite, son of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 35:3. (B.C. 606).