strength of the Lord
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AZAZIAH.1. A Levite (1Ch_15:21). 2. Father of Hoshea the prince of Ephraim (1Ch_27:20). 3. An overseer of the Temple under Hezekiah (2Ch_31:13).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_15:21.
2. 1Ch_27:20.
3. 2Ch_31:18.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Azazi'ah. (whom the Lord strengthens).
1. A Levite musician in the reign of David, appointed to play the harp in the service which attended the procession by which the Ark was brought up from the house of Obed-edom. 1Ch_15:21. (B.C. 1048).
2. The father of Hoshea, prince of the tribe of Ephraim, when David numbered the people. 1Ch_27:20.
3. One of the Levites, in the reign of Hezekiah, who had charge of the tithes, and dedicated things in the Temple. 2Ch_31:13.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
az-a-zı̄?a עזזיהוּ, ‛ăzazyāhū, ?Yahweh is strong,? or ?strengthens?):
(1) A Levite musician who participated in the services held on the return of the ark to Jerusalem (1Ch_15:21). His name is omitted from the list in 1Ch_15:18.
(2) Father of Hoshea, who was the leader of Ephraim at the time that David enumerated the people (1Ch_27:20).
(3) A Levite who had charge of the offerings brought to the temple in the days of Hezekiah (2Ch_31:13).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Azaziah
(Hebrews in the prolonged form Azazyathu, עֲזִזְיָהוּ, strengthened by Jehovah; Sept. Ο᾿ζίας, but v. r. in 2 Chronicles Ο᾿ζαζάς), the name of three men.
1. One of the Levitical harpers in the Temple under David (1Ch_15:21). B.C. cir. 1043.
2. The father of Hoshea, which latter was the viceroy over the Ephraimites under David and Solomon (1Ch_27:20). B.C. ante 1014.
3. One of the inferior overseers of the Temple offerings under Hezekiah
(2Ch_31:13). B.C. 726.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.