Azareel(azarael)
“Helped by God”
Summary
A name meaning 'helped by God' borne by several men in the Old Testament, including a warrior, musicians, and a prince.
☩The Warrior
One Azareel was among the Benjamite slingers and archers who joined David at Ziklag while he was still fleeing from Saul. These skilled warriors could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows.
☩The Temple Musicians
Another Azareel was the head of the eleventh division of musicians in the Temple, consisting of himself and eleven others of his family. He is called Uzziel in the earlier listing of the same chapter. A later Azareel was one of the first company of priests appointed with Ezra to circuit the newly completed walls with trumpets in their hands.
☩The Prince and Others
A third Azareel was the son of Jeroham and served as viceroy over the tribe of Dan under David and Solomon. Another by this name was among the descendants of Bani who renounced the Gentile wife he had married after returning from Babylon. Yet another Azareel, son of Ahasai, was an ancestor of Amashai, one of the chiefs of the mighty men among the priests who served at the Temple after the restoration.
Related Verses7 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Azareel," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Azareel," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Azareel," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).