Azriel — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. Family chief in the half-tribe of Manasseh that settled east of the Jordan River. Azriel was taken captive along with others by the king of Assyria (1 Chr 5:23-26).

Show passage in OET: CH1 5:23–26

OET-RV CH1 5:23

23 The descendants of the half tribe of Menasheh (Manasseh) lived in the Bashan region as far as Ba’al -Hermon and Senir, and Mt. Hermon, and they increased in number.

OET-RV CH1 5:24

24 Their clan leaders were Efer, Yishei, Eliel, Azriel, Yirmiyah (Jeremiah), Hodavyah, and Yahdiyel. They were all powerful and famous warriors, and leaders of their clans.

OET-RV CH1 5:25

25 But they disobeyed their ancestors’ god, and they prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples that God had destroyed ahead of them in that region.

OET-RV CH1 5:26

26 So Yisrael’s (Israel’s) god stirred up the spirit of the Assyrian King Pul (also known as Tiglat -Pileser). He took them into exile—that is, the Re’uvenim, the Gadim, and the half tribe of Menasheh (Manasseh). Then he took them to Halah, Havor, Hara, and the river of Gozan (where they still are to this day).

OET-LV CH1 5:23

23 And_the _sons of _the _half _of of _the _tribe _of of _Mənashsheh they _dwelt on _the_earth from_Bāshān to Baˊal Ḩermōn and_Sənīr and_the _mountain _of Ḩermōn they they _multiplied.

OET-LV CH1 5:24

24 And_these were_the _heads _of the _house _of their _fathers _of_their and_ˊĒfer and_Yishˊī/(Ishi) and_ʼElī^ʼēl and_ˊAzrī^ʼēl and_Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) and_Hōdav^yāh and_Yaḩdiy^ʼēl/(Jahdiel) men mighty _of strength men _of names heads of_the _house _of their _fathers _of_their.

OET-LV CH1 5:25

25 And_they _acted _unfaithfully against_the _god _of their _ancestors _of_their and_they _played _the _prostitute after the _gods _of the _peoples _of the_earth/land which god he _had _destroyed from_before _of_them.

OET-LV CH1 5:26

26 And_ the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _he _stirred _up DOM the _spirit _of Pūl the _king _of ʼAshshūr and_DOM the _spirit _of Tiglat pilʼeşer the _king _of ʼAshshūr and_he_took _them _into _exile to_Rəʼūⱱēnite[s] and_to_Gādī[s] and_to_the _half _of the _tribe _of Mənashsheh and_he/it _brought_them to_Ḩₐlaḩ and_Ḩāⱱōr and_Hārāʼ and_the _river _of Gōzān until the_day (the)_this.

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2. Jeremoth’s father. Jeremoth was an official over Naphtali’s tribe under King David (1 Chr 27:19).

Show passage in OET: CH1 27:19

OET-RV CH1 27:19

• 19 Ovadyah’s (Obadiah’s) son Yishmaeyah was the leader of the tribe of Zevulun.
• Azriel’s son Yerimot was the leader of the tribe of Naftali (Naphtali).

OET-LV CH1 27:19

19 For_Zəⱱūlūn Yishmaˊ^yāh/(Ishmaiah) the _son _of ˊOⱱad^yāh for_Naftālī Yərīmōt/(Jerimoth) the _son _of ˊAzrī^ʼēl.

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3. Seraiah’s father in the reign of King Jehoiakim. Seraiah was sent by the king to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch for prophesying against the evil ways of Israel and Judah (Jer 36:26).