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Azriel

  1. The head of a family in the half-tribe of Manasseh, which lived east of the Jordan River. The king of Assyria took Azriel and others as captives (1 Chronicles 5:23–26).

  2. Jeremoth’s father. Jeremoth was a leader in the tribe of Naphtali under King David (1 Chronicles 27:19).

  3. Seraiah’s father during the reign of King Jehoiakim. The king sent Seraiah to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch for prophesying against the evil ways of Israel and Judah (Jeremiah 36:26).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subjectSmith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)The entry on this subject

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