Jahaziel

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

(whom God watches over)


• One of the heroes of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:4) (B.C. 1055.)

• A priest in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 16:6)

• A Kohathite Levite, third son of Hebron. (1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23)

• Son of Zechariah, a Levite of the Bene-Asaph in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 20:14) (B.C. 896.)

• The "son of Jahaziel" was the chief of the Bene-Shecaniah who returned from Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:5) (B.C. before 459.)

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