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Azel
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son of Eleasah of Benjamin
Hebrew
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1) a place near Jerusalem, site presently unknown
Azel = "reserved"
n pr m
2) (CLBL) a Benjamite descendant of Saul and Jonathan
682 'Atsel aw-tsale'
from 680; noble; Atsel, the name of an Israelite, and of aplace in Palestine:-Azal, Azel.
see HEBREW for 0680
Azel [EBD]
noble, a descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43, 44).
AZEL [ISBE]
AZEL - a'-zel 'atsel, "noble":(1) A descendant of King Saul, through Jonathan (1 Ch 8:37 f; 9:43 f).
(2) Azel, a'-zel, the King James Version Azal 'atsel; Asael; Zec 14:5): A place not far from Jerusalem. There may be an echo of the name in that of Wady Yasal, to the right of `Ain el-Loz, in Wady en-Nar.