Jaazaniah

Leader among the twenty-five men in Ezekiel's vision.

A written article for Jaazaniah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Jaazaniah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 700 BC
    500 BC
  • Jaazaniah
    c. 600 BC

Original word

  • יַאֲזַנְיָה jaazaniah
    H2970
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Father: Azur Father: Azzur
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“Jaazaniah.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
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Where Jaazaniah appears in Scripture

2 Kings 25

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ כָל-שָׂרֵי הַֽחֲיָלִים הֵמָּה וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים כִּֽי-הִפְקִיד מֶֽלֶךְ-בָּבֶל אֶת-גְּדַלְיָהוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל-גְּדַלְיָהוּ הַמִּצְפָּה וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן-נְתַנְיָה וְיֽוֹחָנָן בֶּן-קָרֵחַ וּשְׂרָיָה בֶן-תַּנְחֻמֶת הַנְּטֹֽפָתִי וְיַֽאֲזַנְיָהוּ בֶּן-הַמַּעֲכָתִי הֵמָּה וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃
23
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

Jeremiah 35

וָאֶקַּח אֶת-יַאֲזַנְיָה בֶֽן-יִרְמְיָהוּ בֶּן-חֲבַצִּנְיָה וְאֶת-אֶחָיו וְאֶת-כָּל-בָּנָיו וְאֵת כָּל-בֵּית הָרֵכָבִֽים׃
3
Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

Ezekiel 8

וְשִׁבְעִים אִישׁ מִזִּקְנֵי בֵֽית-יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיַאֲזַנְיָהוּ בֶן-שָׁפָן עֹמֵד בְּתוֹכָם עֹמְדִים לִפְנֵיהֶם וְאִישׁ מִקְטַרְתּוֹ בְּיָדוֹ וַעֲתַר עֲנַֽן-הַקְּטֹרֶת עֹלֶֽה׃
11
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

Ezekiel 11

וַתִּשָּׂא אֹתִי רוּחַ וַתָּבֵא אֹתִי אֶל-שַׁעַר בֵּית-יְהוָה הַקַּדְמוֹנִי הַפּוֹנֶה קָדִימָה וְהִנֵּה בְּפֶתַח הַשַּׁעַר עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אִישׁ וָאֶרְאֶה בְתוֹכָם אֶת-יַאֲזַנְיָה בֶן-עַזֻּר וְאֶת-פְּלַטְיָהוּ בֶן-בְּנָיָהוּ שָׂרֵי הָעָֽם׃
1
Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.