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AZARIAS

az-a-ri'as Azarias and Azareias:
(1) Azarias, who put away his "strange wife" (1 Esdras 9:21); compare Uzziah (Ezr 10:21).
(2) Azarias, who stood at the right side of Ezra when the law was read to the people (1 Esdras 9:43); omitted in Ezr 8:4.
(3) Azarias, who interpreted the law to the people (1 Esdras 9:48); compare Azariah (Neh 8:7).
(4) Azarias, a name assumed by the angel Raphael (Tobit 5:12; 6:6,13; 7:8; 9:2).
See RAPHAEL.
(5) Azarias, a general in the service of Judas Maccabee (1 Macc 5:18,56,60).
(6) Azarias, one of the three men thrown into the fiery furnace (The Song of the Three Children (Azariah) verses 2,66); compare Azariah (Dan 1:6 ff; 2:17), Abed-nego (Dan 1:7; 2:49; 3:12 ff).
A. L. Breslich Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'azarias'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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