JEZANIAH

jez-a-ni'-a (yezanyahu, probably "Yahweh hears"; compare JAAZANIAH ): In Jeremiah 40:8, and also Jeremiah 42:1 where Septuagint has "Azariah," as in Jeremiah 43:2 (see Driver, Jer) = JAAZANIAH , (1) (which see).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.