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jaÌ„-az-a-nı̄´a (×™××–× ×™×”×•Ö¼, ya'ăzanyaÌ„huÌ„, in ; ; ×™××–× ×™×”, ya'ăzanyaÌ„h, in ; , “Yah hearsâ€):
(1) In , “son of the Maacathite,†and one of the Judean “captains of the forces†who joined Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor appointed by Nebuchadrezzar over Judah, at Mizpah. He is the “Jezaniah†of ; . Though not mentioned by name, he was presumably one of those captains who joined Johnnan in his attack on Ishmael after the latter had slain Gedaliah (-18). He is also the same as Azariah of , a name read by the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus in also. relates how Johnnan and his allies, Jaazaniah (= Azariah) among them, left Judah with the remnant, and took up their abode in Egypt.
(2) In , son of Jeremiah (not the prophet), and a chief of the Rechabite clansmen from whose “staunch adherence to the precepts of their ancestor†Jeremiah “points a lesson for his own countrymen†(Driver, Jeremiah, 215).
(3) In , son of Shaphan, and one of the seventy men of the ciders of Israel whom Ezekiel saw in a vision of Jerusalem offering incense to idols.
(4) In , son of Azzur, and one of the 25 men whom Ezekiel saw in his vision of Jerusalem, at the East door of the Lord's house, and against whose iniquity he was commanded to prophesy (-13).