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• Azariah (Son of Oded)

  Azariah, the son of Oded, was a prophet during the reign of King Asa of Judah. In 2 Chronicles 15 he urged Asa to seek the LORD, prompting the removal of idols and a renewal of the covenant.

• Azariah (High Priest)

  Azariah was high priest during the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. When Uzziah entered the temple to burn incense himself, Azariah followed him in with eighty priests and withstood him. He appears in 2 Chronicles 26.

• Uzziah

  Uzziah was an eighth-century BC king of the southern kingdom of Judah who is called Azariah in 2 Kings. He had a long reign and strengthened the nation, but when he attempted to burn incense in the temple he was struck with leprosy and lived in isolation until his death.

• Jezaniah

  Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, was a military commander who led the remnant of the people immediately after Judah fell to Babylon. Together with Johanan, he asked Jeremiah which way they should go (Jeremiah 42:1).

• Seraiah

  Seraiah was a high priest in the final years of the Kingdom of Judah who was executed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after the fall of Jerusalem. He is recorded as the father of Jehozadak (Jozadak) and as an ancestor of Ezra.

• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were young men of Judah taken captive to Babylon and were Daniel's three friends. They refused to bow down to King Nebuchadnezzar's golden image, were thrown into a fiery furnace, and came out alive.

• 2 Kings 15

  2 Kings 15 records the reigns of Azariah (Uzziah) and Jotham, kings of Judah, and a period of turmoil in the northern kingdom of Israel, when the kings from Zachariah to Pekah were assassinated one after another and Assyria invaded.

• Elath

  Elath was a port town on the Red Sea shore in the land of Edom, at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. Uzziah (Azariah), king of Judah, rebuilt it and restored it to Judah, but it was lost during the reign of Ahaz.

• 2 Chronicles 15

  2 Chronicles 15 tells how Asa, king of Judah, heeds the exhortation of the prophet Azariah son of Oded, removes the idols, and makes a covenant with the people in Jerusalem to seek the LORD.

• Jotham

  Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was a king of Judah who reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem in the mid-eighth century BC. Scripture assesses him as a king who did what was right in the sight of the LORD.

• Jehozadak

  Jehozadak was a priest during the Babylonian exile, a descendant of the high-priestly line, and the father of Joshua, the first high priest after the return from exile. He was carried into captivity when Nebuchadnezzar took Judah captive.

• 2 Chronicles 16

  2 Chronicles 16 covers the final years of Asa, king of Judah. Under pressure from Baasha, king of Israel, Asa made an alliance with Ben-hadad, king of Aram, and imprisoned Hanani the seer, who rebuked him for it. The chapter closes with Asa's illness, death, and burial.

• Daniel (Biblical Figure)

  Daniel was a man from Judah who, according to the Bible, served in the royal court during the Babylonian exile. He is widely known for interpreting dreams and for the account of the lions' den, and he is the central figure of the Book of Daniel.

• Daniel 3:24–28

  This passage describes how the three men cast into King Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace walk out unharmed and how the king then praises their God. It is frequently cited in discussions of the identity of the "fourth" figure who appears in the fire and of faithfulness under persecution.

• Menahem

  Menahem was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel in the mid-eighth century BC. He came to the throne by killing Shallum, reigned ten years in Samaria, and paid a thousand talents of silver to Pul, king of Assyria (2 Kings 15).

• Zechariah (King of Israel)

  Zechariah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Jeroboam II. He reigned for six months before he was assassinated by Shallum, and his death brought the dynasty of Jehu to an end.

• Pekahiah

  Pekahiah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel who succeeded his father Menahem and reigned in Samaria for two years before he was killed in a conspiracy led by his captain Pekah (2 Kings 15:22–26).

• 2 Chronicles 26

  2 Chronicles 26 recounts the fifty-two-year reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. He strengthened the nation through warfare and building, but he grew proud and attempted to burn incense in the temple himself. He was struck with leprosy and lived alone in a separate house until his death.

• Shadrach

  Shadrach is a Judahite who appears in the Book of Daniel; his original name was Hananiah. One of Daniel's three friends, he and Meshach and Abednego refused to bow down to a golden image and were cast into a fiery furnace, from which they came out alive.

• Gadi

  Gadi was the father of Menahem, king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He is mentioned only twice, both times in 2 Kings 15, where his son is introduced as "Menahem the son of Gadi."