Person
Name meaning: whom the Lord will hear (Hitchcock)
Heard by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jeremiah, and one of the chief Rechabites (Jer. 35:3).
(2.) The son of Shaphan (Ezek. 8:11).
(3.) The son of Azur, one of the twenty-five men seen by Ezekiel (11:1) at the east gate of the temple.
(4.) A Maachathite (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8; 42:1). He is also called Azariah (Jer. 43:2).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(whom Jehovah hears).
One of the captains of the forces who accompanied Hohanan ben-Kareah to pay his respects to Gedaliah at Mizpah, (2 Kings 25:23) and who appears afterwards to have assisted in recovering Ishmael’s prey from his clutches. Comp. (Jeremiah 41:11; 43:4,5) (B.C. 587.)
Son of Shaphan. (Ezekiel 8:11) It is possible that he is identical with
Son of Azur; one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy. (Ezekiel 11:1) (B.C. 593.)
A Rechabite, son of Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 35:3) (B.C. 606.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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