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Jezaniah

יְזַנְיָה · ye.zan.yah · H3153וִֽיזַנְיָהוּ · ya.a.zan.yah · H2970J2 other spellings“nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord” Hitchcock's 18694 mentions in 2 books, most in Jeremiah (3)

Who he was

Jezaniah, also referred to as Azariah, was one of the leaders of the Judean forces who survived the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem. In Jeremiah 40:8, he is mentioned among the commanders who came to Gedaliah, the appointed governor of Judah, at Mizpah. Later, in Jeremiah 42:1, Jezaniah and the other leaders approached Jeremiah to seek guidance from the Lord regarding their plan to flee to Egypt. However, when Jeremiah delivered God's message, warning them not to go to Egypt, Jezaniah (called Azariah in this passage) and another leader, Johanan, accused Jeremiah of falsely prophesying and led the people to Egypt despite the divine warning (Jeremiah 43:2).

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Family

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Every mention

4 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

2 Kings 1 mention

Jeremiah 3 mentions

What the dictionary says

(whom Jehovah hears), the son of Hoshaiah the Maachathite, and one of the captains of the forces who had escaped from Jerusalem during the final attack of the…

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
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