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Jahaziel

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ja - hā´zi - el ( יחזיאל , yaḥăzı̄'ēl , "God sees"):

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

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

(4) In 2 Chronicles 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).

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Jahaziel'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​j/jahaziel.html. 1915.