Topic
Azrikam
6 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 3:23Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Neraiah
And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
- 1 Chronicles 8:38Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Son of Azel
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
- 1 Chronicles 9:14Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A Levite
And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
- 1 Chronicles 9:44Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Son of Azel
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
- 2 Chronicles 28:7Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. Governor of the house of Ahaz
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
- Nehemiah 11:15Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A Levite
Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
- A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:23)
- Eldest son of Azel, and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C after 1037.)
- A Levite, ancestor of Shemaiah, who lived in the time of Nehemiah. (1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15) (B.C. before 536.)
- Governor of the house, or prefect of the palace, to King Ahaz, who was slain by Zichri, an Ephraimite hero, in the successful invasion of the southern kingdom by Pekah king of Israel. (2 Chronicles 28:7) (B.C. 738.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
az-ri'-kam (`azriqam, "my help has arisen"):
(1) A descendant of King David through Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:23).
(2) A prince of Judah in the time of Ahaz. He was slain by Zichri, an Ephraimite soldier (2Ch 28:7).
(3) One of Azel's sons, a Benjamite, descended from King Saul (1Ch 8:38; 9:44).
(4) A Levite of the house of Merari and a resident of Jerusalem (1Ch 9:14; Ne 11:15).
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.