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Jahaziah

Jud. iv. 17.JAHAZIAH, the son, or inhabitant of Tikvah; for the word Son is often taken for inhabitant: for example, the sons of Sion and daughters of Jerusalem, &c. Jahaziah was one of the Commissioners appointed to enquire after the Jews who had married strange women, which examination was made after their return from the Captivity. Ezra x. 15.

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