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Jezaniah

Jezaniah

Son of Hoshaiah, in the divided monarchy of Israel and Judah. Named in scripture at 2 Kings 25:23.

Lived: Divided Monarchy

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BibleSon of Hoshaiah.
2 Kings 25:23

Where in scripture

2 KingsJeremiah

Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

2 Kings 25:23

then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men came to Gedaliah to Mizpah.

Jeremiah 40:8

Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,

Jeremiah 42:1

then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You shall not go into Egypt to live there;’

Jeremiah 43:2

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

2 Kings 25:23Jeremiah 40:8Jeremiah 42:1Jeremiah 43:2

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