AZARIAH (roltv, whom 7ehovah aids, answer ing to the German name Gotthelf; Sept. '.eictpia,$), a very common name among the Hebrews, and hence borne by a considerable number of persons mentioned in Scripture.
I. A high-priest (i Chron. vi. 9) [the son of Ahimaaz, and grandson of Zadok, whom he seems to have immediately succeeded, I Kings iv. 2].
2. Son of Johanan, a high-priest (1 Chron. vi. so), [The statement that he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built,' should probably be transferred to his grandfather, ver. 9.] 3. The high-priest who opposed king Uzziah in offering incense to Jehovah (2 Chron. xxvi. 17).
4. A high-priest in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chron. xxxi. io).
5. The father of Seraiah, who was the last high. priest before the Captivity (1 Chron. vi. 14).
6. [One of the priests, the men of the plain,' who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem by his own house (Neh. iii. 23)].
7. Captain of king Solomon's guards (i Kings iv. 5).
8. Otherwise called Uzziah, king of Judah. [Uzzim-L] 9. A prophet who met king Asa on his return from a great victory over the Cushite king Zerah (2 Chron. [xv. I ; in v. 8 perhaps the words Oded the prophet' are to be omitted.] to. I t. Son of Jeroboam, and A. son of Obed, two persons to whom the high-priest Jehoiada made known the secret of the existence of the young prince Joash, and who assisted in placing him on the throne (2 Chron. xxiii. I).
12. Two of the seven sons of king Jehoshaphat (2 Chron. xxi. 2).
13. One of the ' proud men ' who rebuked Jeremiah for advising the people that remained in Palestine, after the expatriation to Babylon, not to retire into Egypt ; and who took the prophet him self and Baruch along with them to that country (Jer. xliii. 2-7).
14. The Hebrew name of Abed-nego, one of Daniel's three friends who were cast into the fiery furnace (Dan. i. 7 ; iii. 9).