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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(helper). (1) Father of the false prophet Hananiah (Jer. 28:1¹And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, (Jeremiah 28:1)). (2) Father of one of the princes against whom Ezekiel prophesied (Ezek. 11:1¹Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. (Ezekiel 11:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Father of Jaazaniah, prince of the people, against whom Ezekiel prophesied (Ezek. 11:1¹Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. (Ezekiel 11:1)).

2. Prophet whose son Hananiah withstood Jeremiah (Jer. 28:1¹And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, (Jeremiah 28:1)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

helped