Person Old Testament
Azariah
Azariah son of Jehallel was a Merarite Levite who helped purify the temple under King Hezekiah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 2 Chronicles 29:12.
Why it matters. A Levite who helped purify the temple
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Azariah
Azariah son of Jehallel was a Levite of the Merari clan during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. When Hezekiah ordered the cleansing and rededication of the temple, Azariah was one of the Levites who helped carry out the purification work (2Ch.29.12). No other details are given about his life or responsibilities.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Jehallelel
- Children
- Joel
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
2 Chronicles (1 verse)