Bible Person
Meaning: nourishment · Male · 4 cross references
Jezaniah, also called Azariah in Jeremiah 43, is a military or remnant leader in the chaotic period after Jerusalem's fall. He belongs to the group that resists Jeremiah's word and drags the remnant toward Egypt. First appears in 2 Kgs 25:23.1
AI summary: Jezaniah matters because the cross references present him in the fragile, fearful politics of Judah after Babylon's conquest. He is part of the surviving leadership around Gedaliah and then among those who refuse Jeremiah's warning and choose the Egyptian path instead. His role shows that disobedience continues even after catastrophe. Taken together, the material presents Jezaniah as a remnant leader whose decisions help carry Judah further from prophetic obedience.1
Central Figure
Jezaniah
Meaning: nourishment
A Maachathite (2 Kings 25:23; Jer.
A Maachathite (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8; 42:1). He is also called Azariah (Jer. 43:2). 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.