AZRIKAM

(Az·riʹkam) [my help has arisen].

1. One of Azel’s six sons, a descendant of King Saul through Jonathan of the tribe of Benjamin.—1 Chron. 8:38; 9:44.

2. The “leader of the household” of wicked King Ahaz of Judah. He was killed by the Ephraimite Zichri when King Pekah of Israel battled Judah.—2 Chron. 28:6, 7.

3. A Levite of the Merari family whose descendant Shemaiah lived in Jerusalem after the return from captivity.—1 Chron. 9:2, 14; Neh. 11:15.

4. The third-listed son of Neariah and a descendant of David through Zerubbabel.—1 Chron. 3:23.