Azrikam

Three different men carry this name, and none of them gets a long story. One is a son of Azel, a descendant of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:38). One is a Levite, an ancestor of Shemaiah, listed among those who returned to live in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 9:14). The third meets a hard end: when Pekah’s army is let loose on Judah, a mighty man of Ephraim slew “Azrikam the governor of the house” (2 Chronicles 28:7), a high officer in the king’s own household. Read 2 Chronicles 28 for that day.

3 verses

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 8:38

And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 9:14

And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 28:7

And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(help against the enemy).

(1.) A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:23)

(2.) Eldest son of Azel, and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C after 1037.)

(3.) A Levite, ancestor of Shemaiah, who lived in the time of Nehemiah. (1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15) (B.C. before 536.)

(4.) Governor of the house, or prefect of the palace, to King Ahaz, who was slain by Zichri, an Ephraimite hero, in the successful invasion of the southern kingdom by Pekah king of Israel. (2 Chronicles 28:7) (B.C. 738.)