Bible Person

Jahaziel

Meaning: seeing God · Male · 1 cross reference

This Jahaziel entry refers to the Levite son of Zechariah who speaks God's encouragement to Jehoshaphat, not to the priest, warrior, or returnee leader of the same name. He belongs to the prophetic voice of reassurance in Judah's crisis. First appears in 2 Chr 20:14.1

AI summary: This Jahaziel matters because his single cross reference stands at the center of one of Judah's great moments of divinely given courage in the face of overwhelming threat. The entry gives personal form to a prophetic word that reorients the king and people from fear to trust. Taken together, the material presents this Jahaziel as a prophetic Levite in Jehoshaphat's deliverance story.1

Central Figure

Jahaziel

Meaning: seeing God

The son of Zechariah, a Levite of the family of Asaph (2 Chr.