help, revenging
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AZRIKAM.1. Son of Neariah (1Ch_3:23). 2. A descendant of Jonathan (1Ch_8:38; 1Ch_9:44). 3. A Levite (1Ch_9:14, Neh_11:15). 4. The ruler of the house under Ahaz (2Ch_28:7).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_3:23.
2. 1Ch_8:38.
3. 1Ch_9:14.
4. Governor of Ahaz's house; slain by Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim (2Ch_28:7).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Az'rikam. (help against the enemy).
1. A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal line of Judah. 1Ch_3:23.
2. Eldest son of Azel, and descendant of Saul. 1Ch_8:38; 1Ch_9:44. (B.C after 1037).
3. A Levite, ancestor of Shemaiah, who lived in the time of Nehemiah. 1Ch_9:14; Neh_11:15. (B.C. before 536).
4. Governor of the house, or prefect of the palace, to King Ahaz, who was slain by Zichri, an Ephraimite hero, in the successful invasion of the southern kingdom by Pekah king of Israel. 2Ch_28:7. (B.C. 738).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
az-rı̄?kam עזריקם, ‛azrı̄ḳām, ?my help has arisen?:
(1) A descendant of King David through Zerubbabel (1Ch_3:23).
(2) A prince of Judah in the time of Ahaz. He was slain by Zichri, an Ephraimite soldier (2Ch_28:7).
(3) One of Azel's sons, a Benjamite, descended from King Saul (1Ch_8:38; 1Ch_9:44).
(4) A Levite of the house of Merari and a resident of Jerusalem (1Ch_9:14; Neh_11:15).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Azrikam
(Hebrews Azrikam', עִזְרַיקָם, help against the enemy; Sept. Ε᾿ζρικάμ or Ε᾿ζρίκαμ;, once [2Ch_28:7] Ε᾿ζρίκάν), the name of four men.
1. The first of the six sons of Azel, of the tribe of Benjamin (1Ch_8:38; 1Ch_9:44). B.C. post 1037.
2. (Josephus, Ε᾿ρικάν, Ant. 9, 12, 1.) The governor of the king's house in the time of Ahaz, slain by Zichri an Ephraimite (2Ch_28:7). B.C. cir. 738.
3. A Levite, son of Hashabiah and father of Hasshub (1Ch_9:14; Neh_11:15). B.C. ante 536.
4. The last named of the three sons of Neariah, a descendant of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles in,.23). B.C. cir. 404. He is perhaps the same as AZOR (q.v.), the son of Eliakim and father of Sadoc in Mat_1:13-14 (see Strong's Harmn. and Epeos. of Gospels, p. 16, 17).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.