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Azzur

Azzur

  1. A political leader who signed Ezra’s promise of faithfulness to God with Nehemiah and others after the exile to Babylon (Nehemiah 10:17).

  2. The father of the false prophet Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:1).

  3. The father of Jaazaniah, one of the important men from Jerusalem whom Ezekiel saw in a vision (Ezekiel 11:1).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subjectSmith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)The entry on this subject
Azzur: family, places and timelineEvery verse that mentions Azzur, with family links

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