azrikam Summary and Overview

(help against the enemy). 1. A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal line of Judah. #1Ch 3:23| 2. Eldest son of Azel, and descendant of Saul. #1Ch 8:38; 9:44| (B.C after 1037.) 3. A Levite, ancestor of Shemaiah, who lived in the time of Nehemiah. #1Ch 9:14; Ne 11:15| (B.C. before 536.) 4. Governor of the house, or prefect of the palace, to King Ahaz, who was slain by Zichri, an Ephraimite hero, in the successful invasion of the southern kingdom by Pekah king of Israel. #2Ch 28:7| (B.C. 738.)

AZ'RIKAM (help against the enemy). (1). One of David's posterity. 1 Chr 3:23. (2). One of Saul's posterity. 1 Chr 8:38; 1 Chr 9:44. (3). A Levite. 1 Chr 9:14; Neh 11:15. (4). The prefect of the palace to King Ahaz, who was killed by Zichri. 2 Chr 28:7.

1. 1 Chronicles 3:23. 2. 1 Chronicles 8:38. 3. 1 Chronicles 9:14. 4. Governor of Ahaz's house; slain by Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim (2 Chronicles 28:7).