Jahaziel

ja-ha'-zi-el (yachazi'el, "God sees"):

See a list of verses on JAHAZIEL in the Bible.

(1) In 1 Ch 12:4 (Heb 5:1-14), one of David's recruits at Ziklag, a Benjamite or maybe a Judean.

(2) In 1 Ch 16:6, one of two priests appointed by David to sound trumpets before the ark on its journey to Jerusalem. The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus, read "Uzziel."

See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

(3) In 1 Ch 23:19; 24:23, a Levite, "son" of Hebron, a Kohathite. Kittel, following the Septuagint, reads "Uzziel."

(4) In 2 Ch 20:14, an Asaphite, son of Zechariah. He encouraged King Jehoshaphat of Judah and his subjects to fight against the Moabite and Ammonite invaders.

(5) In Ezr 8:5, an ancestor of one of the families of the Restoration. Read probably "of the sons of Zattu, Sheconiah the son of Jahaziel," following 1 Esdras 8:32 (= Jezelus).

David Francis Roberts


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