Reference: Jezaniah
Fausets
Jer 40:8; 42:1; apparently identical with Azariah, son of Hoshaiah (Jer 43:2). Associated with Johanan in the flight to Egypt, in spite of God's warning by Jeremiah. JAAZANIAH in 2Ki 25:23. (See JAAZANIAH.)
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Hastings
A Judahite military officer who joined Gedaliah at Mizpah (Jer 40:8). He is called in 2Ki 25:23 Jaazaniah, and is apparently to be identified also with Azariah of Jer 43:2.
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Morish
Jezani'ah
See JAAZANIAH.
Smith
Jezani'ah
(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.