Jahaziel

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Jachaziel: NET

one of the Benjamites who defected to David at Ziklag
a priest trumpeter who escorted the ark into Jerusalem
third son of Hebron
son of Zechariah (Asaph Levi); a prophet under Jehoshaphat
father of Shecaniah who led the Zattu Clan back from exile

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seeing God ( --> same as Jehaziel)

Hebrew

Strongs #03166: layzxy Yachaziy'el

Jahaziel = "beheld of God"

1) a Benjamite warrior who joined David at Ziklag
2) a priest in the reign of David who helped move the ark
3) a Kohathite Levite, 3rd son of Hebron
4) a Levite, son of Zechariah, of the sons of Asaph, in the reign of
Jehoshaphat
5) an ancestor of one of the families who returned from exile with Ezra

3166 Yachaziy'el yakh-az-ee-ale'

from 2372 and 410; beheld of God; Jachaziel, the name of five
Israelites:-Jahaziel, Jahziel.
see HEBREW for 02372
see HEBREW for 0410

Jahaziel [EBD]

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.

Jahaziel [NAVE]

JAHAZIEL
1. A defecting Israelite who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:4.
2. A priest, 1 Chr. 16:6.
3. Son of Hebron, 1 Chr. 23:19; 24:23.
4. A Levite, and prophet, 2 Chr. 20:14.
5. A chief, or the father of a chief, among the exiles, who returned from Babylon, Ezra 8:5.

JAHAZIEL [SMITH]

(whom God watches over)

1. One of the heroes of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:4) (B.C. 1055.)
2. A priest in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 16:6)
3. A Kohathite Levite, third son of Hebron. (1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23)
4. Son of Zechariah, a Levite of the Bene-Asaph in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 20:14) (B.C. 896.)
5. The "son of Jahaziel" was the chief of the Bene-Shecaniah who returned from Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. before 459.)

JAHAZIEL [ISBE]

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

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

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

(4) In 2 Ch 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 Ezr 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