Person Old Testament
Hazaiah
Hazaiah was an ancestor of Maaseiah, a leader who lived in Jerusalem. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 11:5.
Why it matters. Ancestor of Maaseiah, who lived in Jerusalem.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Hazaiah
Hazaiah is mentioned in the book of Nehemiah as an ancestor of Maaseiah, a leader who lived in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile. Maaseiah is listed among the descendants of Judah who settled in Jerusalem. No further information is provided about Hazaiah in the Bible. (Neh.11.5).
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
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)