Topic
Azriel
3 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 5:24Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A chief of Manasseh
And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
- 1 Chronicles 27:19Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Father of Jerimoth
Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
- Jeremiah 36:26Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. Father of Seriah
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- The head of a house of the half tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan, a man of renown. (1 Chronicles 5:24) (B.C. 741.)
- A Naphtalite, ancestor of Jerimoth, the head of the tribe at the time of David’s census. (1 Chronicles 27:19) (B.C. 1015.)
- The father of Seraiah, an officer of Jehoiakim. (Jeremiah 36:26) (B.C. 605.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
az'-ri-el (`azri'el, "God's help"):
(1) One of the leading men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, East of the Jordan, who with others of his tribe was carried captive by the king of Assyria (1Ch 5:24ff).
(2) The father of Jerimoth of the tribe of Naphtali in the reign of King David (1Ch 27:19).
(3) The father of Seraiah, one of the officers sent by Jehoiakim to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch (Jer 36:26).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.