Azriel

Az'riel (Hebrews Azriel', עִזרַיאֵל , help of God), the name of three men.

1. (Sept. Ο᾿ζιήλ) The father of Jerimoth, which latter was phylarch of the tribe of Naphtali under David (1Ch 27:19). B.C. 1014.

2. (Sept. Ι᾿εζριήλ.) One of the valiant heads of families of the tribe of Manasseh east who were taken into captivity by the Assyrians as a punishment of their national idolatry (1Ch 5:24). B.C. cir. 741.

⇒Bible concordance for AZRIEL.

3. (Sept. Ε᾿σριὴλ.) The father of Seraiah, which latter was one of the persons ordered by King Jehoiakim to seize Baruch and Jeremiah, and imprison them for sending him the roll of threatening prophecy (Jer 36:26). B.C. 605.

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.