AZARIAH, the name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament. The most important are : (I) King of Judah, son of Amaziah by his wife Jecholiah (II. Kings xv. 1, 2), also called Uzziah (q.v.) ; (2) 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. 8-3o).
a town of France, department of Indre-et-Loire, on the Indre, 16m. S.W. of Tours by rail. Popula tion (1931) 1,291. The town has a fine Renaissance chateau, well restored.