Jahaziel

Jaha’zi-el. (whom God watches over).

1. One of the heroes of Benjamin, who joined David at Ziklag. 1Ch 12:4. (B.C. 1055).

2. A priest, in the reign of David. 1Ch 16:6.

3. A Kohathite Levite, third son of Hebron. 1Ch 23:19; 1Ch 24:23.

4. Son of Zechariah, a Levite of the Bene-Asaph, (that is, sons of Asaph), in the reign of Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 20:14. (B.C. 896).

5. The "son of Jahaziel," was the chief of the Bene-Shecaniah, (that is, sons of Shecaniah), who returned from Babylon with Ezra. Ezr 8:5. (B.C. before 459).

1. 1Ch 12:4.

2. 1Ch 16:6.

3. 1Ch 23:19; 1Ch 24:23.

4. Of the sons of Asaph. Under the Spirit, who came upon him, he encouraged Jehoshaphat and the congregation of Judah in the house of the Lord, before the new court: "thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not ... dismayed by reason of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s; tomorrow go ye down against them; behold they come up by the cliff of Ziz, and ye shall find them at the end of the brook (valley) before the wilderness of Jeruel, ye shall not need to fight ... stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you" (2Ch 20:14; Psa 83:3-7). This psalm was composed by one of the sons "of Asaph," which Jahaziel was; he probably was its author. It is called: a "song" (shir), a thanksgiving by anticipation for the victory. It was sung by the Levite Kohathites and Korhites. So, according to their faith, "when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushments against Ammon, Moab, ... and they were smitten." The 47th Psalm was sung on the battlefield (2Ch 20:26) after the victory, the 48th Psalm subsequently (2Ch 20:28) in the temple.

5. Ezr 8:5.

[Jahazi’el]

1. A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag. 1Ch 12:4.

2. Priest who assisted at the bringing up of the ark. 1Ch 16:6.

3. Son of Hebron, a descendant of Kohath. 1Ch 23:19; 1Ch 24:23.

4. Son of Zechariah, a Levite: the spirit of Jehovah came upon him to encourage Jehoshaphat against the Moabites. 2Ch 20:14.

5. Ancestor of some who returned from exile. Ezr 8:5.

JAHAZIEL.—1. A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:4). 2. One of the two priests who blew trumpets before the ark when it was brought by David to Jerusalem (1Ch 16:6). 3. A Kohathite Levite (1Ch 23:19; 1Ch 24:23). 4. An Asaphite Levite who encouraged Jehoshaphat and his army against an invading host (2Ch 20:14). 5. The ancestor of a family of exiles who returned (Ezr 8:5); called in 1Es 8:32 Jezelus.

ja-hā´zi-el (יחזיאל, yaḥăzı̄’ēl, “God sees”):

(1) In 1Ch 12:4 (Hebrew 5), one of David’s recruits at Ziklag, a Benjamite or maybe a Judean.

(2) In 1Ch 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.”

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

(4) In 2Ch 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).