2 Samuel 8:172 Samuel 20:251 Kings 4:3scribe1 Chronicles 18:16
2. Chief priest taken into Babylonian Exile in 587 B.C. (2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 16:14; Jeremiah 52:24 ). 3 . “Quiet prince” (KJV), “quartermaster” (REB, NAS, NRSV) Zedekiah (597-586 B.C.) sent to Babylon with instructions from himself and from Jeremiah (Jeremiah 51:59-64 ). 4 . Priest and father of Ezra (Ezra 7:1 ). 5 . Army officer who reported to Gedaliah when he was named governor immediately after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. (2 Kings 25:23; compare Jeremiah 40:8 ). He may have been involved in rebellion Ishmael led. 6. Leader in tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:13 ). 7 . Member of tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:35 ). 8 . Leader of returning Exiles under Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2 ); apparently the same as Azariah (Nehemiah 7:7 ). 9 . Priestly family (Nehemiah 10:2; Nehemiah 12:12 ).
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