JAHAZIEL. 1. A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:4 ). 2. One of the two priests who blew trumpets before the ark when it was brought by David to Jerusalem ( 1 Chronicles 16:6 ). 3. A Kohathite Levite ( 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23 ). 4. An Asaphite Levite who encouraged Jehoshaphat and his army against an invading host ( 2 Chronicles 20:14 ). 5. The ancestor of a family of exiles who returned ( Ezra 8:5 ); called in 1Es 8:32 Jezelus .
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