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Jezaniah, also known as Azariah, was a leader of the Judean forces after the fall of Jerusalem.
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Jezaniah, also referred to as Azariah, was one of the leaders of the Judean forces who survived the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem. In Jer.40.8, he is mentioned among the commanders who came to Gedaliah, the appointed governor of Judah, at Mizpah. Later, in Jer.42.1, Jezaniah and the other leaders approached Jeremiah to seek guidance from the Lord regarding their plan to flee to Egypt. However, when Jeremiah delivered God's message, warning them not to go to Egypt, Jezaniah (called Azariah in this passage) and another leader, Johanan, accused Jeremiah of falsely prophesying and led the people to Egypt despite the divine warning (Jer.43.2).
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(whom Jehovah hears), the son of Hoshaiah the Maachathite, and one of the captains of the forces who had escaped from Jerusalem during the final attack of the beleaguering army of the Chaldeans. (B.C. 588.) When the Babylonians had departed, Jezaniah, with the men under his command, was one of the first who returned to Gedaliah at Mizpah. In the events which followed the assassination of that officer Jezaniah took a prominent part. (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8; 42:1; 43:2)
nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord
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4 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H3153
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.
Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
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