Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Jaazaniah
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Jaazaniah

Jaazaniah [Jāăz a nī'ah]—jehovah doth hearken.

  1. A son of a Maachathite and a Jewish captain who swore allegiance to Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23). See JEZANIAH (Jer. 40:8).
  2. A chief Rechabite, son of a certain Jeremiah—not the prophet of that name (Jer. 35:3).
  3. A son of Shaphan, a visionary exciting to idolatry in Ezekiel’s time (Ezek 8:11).
  4. A son of Azur, a wicked prince of Judah seen in vision by Ezekiel (Ezek. 11:1). The prophet prophesied against his counsels.
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