Priest living at the time of Divided Monarchy
Azariah was father of Seraiah, father of Ezra. His ancestors served as high priests (1Ch.6.13, 14; 9:11; Ezr.7.1).
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Azariah is mentioned in 1Ch.6.13-14, 9:11, and Ezr.7.1 as the descendant of high priests. He was the father of Seraiah, who was the father of Ezra, who returned to Jerusalem to teach the Law.
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(whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with Ezra as well as with Zerahiah and Seraiah. The principal persons who bore this name were—
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4 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H5838
Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,
Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of Godʼs temple;
Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
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