AZARIAH

azariah, the name of several persons mentioned in the old testament. (1) one of solomon's "princes," son of zadok the priest (1 kings iv. 2), was one of several azariahs among the descendants of levi (1 chron. vi. 9, 10, 13, 36; 2 chron. xxvi. 17). (2) the son of nathan, a high official under king solomon (1 kings iv. 5). (3) king of judah, son of amaziah by his wife jecholiah (2 kings xv. 1, 2), also called uzziah (2 chron. xxvi. 1). (4) son of ethan and great-grandson of judah (1 chron. ii. 8). (5) son of jehu, of the posterity of judah (1 chron. ii. 38). (6) a prophet in the reign of asa, king of judah (2 chron. xv. 1). (7) two sons of jehoshaphat, king of judah (2 chron. xxi. 2). (8) king of judah, also called ahaziah and jehoahaz, son of jehoram (2 chron. xxi. 17; xxii. 1, 6). (9) the son of jeroham, and (10) the son of obed, were made "captains of hundreds" by jehoiada the priest (2 chron. xxiii. 1). (11) son of hilkiah and grandfather of ezra the scribe (ezra vii. 1; neh. vii. 7, viii. 7, x. 2). (12) son of maaseiah, one of those who under the commission of artaxerxes restored the wall of jerusalem (neh. iii. 23). (13) son of hoshaiah, an opponent of the prophet jeremiah (jer. xliii. 2). (14) one of the companions in captivity of the prophet daniel, called abednego by nebuchadrezzar, by whom with two companions he was cast into a "burning fiery furnace" for refusing to worship the golden image set up by that monarch (dan. i. 6, iii. 8-30).