near the Lord
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AZALIAH.Father of Shaphan the scribe (2Ki_22:3, 2Ch_34:8).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
2Ki_22:3.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Azali'ah. (whom the Lord reserved). The father of Shaphan, the scribe, in the reign of Josiah. 2Ki_22:3; 2Ch_34:8. (B.C. before 641).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
az-a-lı̄?a אצליהוּ, 'ăcalyāhū, ?Yahweh has set aside?): A son of Meshullam and father of Shaphan the scribe, famous in connection with the discovery of the law in the reign of King Josiah (2Ki_22:3).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Azaliah
(Hebrews in the prolonged form Atsalya'hu, אֲצִלְיָהוּ, reserved by Jehovah; Sept. Ε᾿σσελίας v. r. Ε᾿ζελίας; in Chronicles Ε᾿σελία v. r. Σελία), the son of Meshullam (2Ki_22:3), and father of the scribe Shaphan, which last was sent with others by Josiah to repair the Temple (2Ch_34:8). B.C. ante 623.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.