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AZARIAH , the name of several persons mentioned in the Old Testament. (I) One of See also:

Solomon's " princes," son of Zadok the See also:priest (I See also:Kings iv. 2), was one of several Azariahs among the descendants of See also:Levi (I Chron. vi. 9, 10, 13, 36; 2 Chron. See also:xxvi. 17). (2) The son of Nathan, a high See also:official under See also:King Solomon (1 Kings iv. 5). (3) King of See also:Judah, son of A.maziah by'his wife Jecholiah (2 Kings xv. 1, 2), also called See also:Uzziah (2 Chron. xxvi. 1). (4) Son of Ethan and See also:great-See also:grandson of Judah (r Chron. ii. 8).

(5) Son of See also:

Jehu, of the posterity of Judah (1 Chron. ii. 38). (6) A See also:prophet in the reign of See also:Asa, king of Judah (2 Chron. xv. 1). (7) Two sons of See also:Jehoshaphat, king of Judah (2 Chron. xxi. 2). (8) King of Judah, also called See also:Ahaziah and Jehoahaz, son of See also:Jehoram (2 Chron. xxi. 17; xxii. 1, 6). (9) The son of Jeroham, and (to) the son of Obed, were made " captains of hundreds " by Jehoiada the priest (2 Chron. See also:xxiii. 1). (II) Son of Hilkiah and grandfather of See also:Ezra the See also:Scribe (Ezra vii.

1; Neh. vii. 7, viii. 7, X. 2). (12) Son of Maaseiah, one of those who under the See also:

commission of See also:Artaxerxes restored the See also:wall of See also:Jerusalem (Neh. iii. 23). (13) Son of Hoshaiah, an opponent of the prophet See also:Jeremiah (Jer. xliii. 2). (14) One of the companions in captivity of the prophet See also:Daniel, called Abednego by See also:Nebuchadrezzar, by whom with two companions he was See also:cast into a " burning fiery See also:furnace " for refusing to See also:worship the See also:golden See also:image set up by that monarch (See also:Dan. i. 6, iii. 8-3o). AZAY-LE-RIDEAU, a See also:town of western See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Indre-et-See also:Loire, on the Indre, 16 m.

S.W. of See also:

Tours by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 1453. The town has a See also:fine See also:Renaissance See also:chateau, well restored in See also:modern times, with See also:good collections of See also:furniture and pictures.

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