Bible Person
Meaning: he that hears the Lord · Male · 2 cross references
This Azariah entry refers to the high priest who confronts King Uzziah when the king unlawfully enters the temple, not to the several genealogical Azariahs elsewhere. He stands for priestly courage in the face of royal overreach. First appears in 2 Chr 26:17.1
AI summary: This Azariah matters because the cross references place him at one of Judah's clearest moments of institutional boundary-keeping. By resisting Uzziah inside the temple, he shows that priestly faithfulness sometimes requires direct confrontation with powerful kings. Taken together, the material presents this Azariah as a high priest whose courage defends the holiness of worship against unlawful ambition.1
Central Figure
Azariah
Meaning: he that hears the Lord
High priest in the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr.
High priest in the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr. 26:17-20). He was contemporary with the prophets Isaiah, Amos, and Joel. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.