JAHAZIEL jə hā’ zĭ əl (יַחֲזִיאֵל׃֙, God sees). 1. One of David’s mighty men who joined him at Ziklag (1 Chron 12:4).

2. One of two priests appointed to blow trumpets before the Ark when David brought it to Jerusalem (1 Chron 16:6).

3. A Kohathite Levite who lived in the time of David (1 Chron 23:19; 24:23).

4. An Asaphite Levite who encouraged King Jehoshaphat of Judah and his army to fight against the Moabite and Ammonite invaders (2 Chron 20:14ff.).

5. The ancestor of a family of exiles who returned to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:5; 1 Esd 8:32; KJV, ASV Jezelus).