Jaazaniah(jezaniah)
“Heard by Jehovah”
Summary
A name meaning 'heard by Jehovah,' borne by four men around the time of the Babylonian Captivity, including a Rechabite chief and military captains.
☩The Rechabite Chief
Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah (not the prophet) was a chief of the Rechabites whom the prophet Jeremiah tested with the offer of wine in the Temple. When offered wine, the Rechabites refused to drink, demonstrating their faithfulness to the commands of their ancestor Jonadab.
☩The Son of Shaphan
Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was one of the seventy elders of Israel whom Ezekiel saw in a vision offering idolatrous incense in the 'chambers of imagery' at Jerusalem. That the son of Shaphan, the scribe who had read the law to righteous King Josiah, should be found leading idolatry made his guilt all the greater. His very name, meaning 'Jehovah hears,' gave the lie to the unbelief which said 'Jehovah seeth not.'
☩The Son of Azur
Another Jaazaniah, son of Azur, was one of the twenty-five men seen by Ezekiel at the east gate of the Temple, represented as giving wicked counsel to the city in its pride.
☩The Son of Hoshaiah
Jaazaniah (also called Jezaniah) son of Hoshaiah, a Maachathite, was one of the military captains who submitted to Gedaliah, the Babylonian-appointed governor after Jerusalem's fall. After Gedaliah's assassination, he and Johanan sought Jeremiah's counsel but then rejected it, insisting on fleeing to Egypt contrary to divine command.
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References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Jaazaniah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.George Morrish, "Jaazaniah," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 3.James Orr (ed.), "Jaazaniah," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. III (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 4.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Jaazaniah," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).