A'zel (Heb. Atsel', bsX, noble; Sept. 'EorjK), the son of Eleasah, of the descendants of king Saul, and father of six sons (1 Chron. viii, 37, 38; ix, 43, 44). B.C. considerably post 1037. See Azal.
A'zem (Heb. E'tsem, CSV, a bone, in pause A 'tsem, t3X5; Sept. Aai/i v. r. 'Aaop, 'laooi'), a city in the tribe of Simeon, originally included within the south- ern territorvof Judah, in the neighborhood ofBalab (or Bilhah) and Eltolad (or Tolad) (Josh, xv, 29; xix, 3; 1 Chron. iv, 29, in which last passage it is Anglicized "Ezem," Sept. Boncrd/j v. r. Aiatfi). These notices afford only a slight ground for a conjectural location, perhaps in the great plain at the south-west extremity of the tribe, possibly at the ruins on TeU Akhmar (Van de Velde, Map).
Azephn'ritll ('Apaapovni^. Yulg. omits), given (1 Esdr. v, 16) as the name of a man whose descend- ants (or a place whose inhabitants), to the number of 102, returned from the captivity ; but the original lists have the name Jorah (Ezra ii, 18) or Haripii (Neh. vii, 24), and the number 112.
Aze'tas ('A'CnTe'ir v. r. 'A^nvdv"), given (1 Esdr. v, 15), in connection with Ceilan, as the name of an- other man whose descendants (or place whose inhab- itants), to the number of 67, returned from the captiv- ity; but the genuine lists (Ezra ii, 16; Neh. vii, 21) have no corresponding names.
Az'gad (lleb. Azgad', ~ir<T", strong in fortune ; Sept. 'AtrydS, 'AZyabj, the head of one of the families of the Israelites whose descendants, to the number of 1222 persons, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra ii, 12; Neh. vii, 17), and 111 males afterward with Ezra (Ezra viii, 12 ; Neh. x, 15). B.C. ante 536.
Azi'a ('AZiag), one of the " temple servants" whose sons returned from the captivity (1 Esdr. v, 31); evi- dently the UzzA (q. v.) of the genuine texts (Ezra ii, 49; Neh. vii, 51).
Azi'e'i (Lat. id., for the Greek text is lost), the son of Marimoth and father of Amarias, in the genealogy of Ezra (2 [Vulg. 4] Esdr. i, 1) ; evidently the Azari- 1 AH (q. v.) of the lleb. list ( Ezra vii, 3).
A'ziel (Heb. Az'el', bvplS, Sept. 'Ofr/'/X), prob. a
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Azi'za (Heb. Aziz i ' , Nt^T", strong ; Sept. '()£(£«)> an Israelite, one of the descendants of Zattu, who di- vorced the foreign wife that he had married on the re- turn from Babylon (Ezra x, 27). B.C. 45!).
Azizus ('A'Ci'Coc), a king of Emesa, who embraced Judaism in order to marry Drusilla ; but she after- ward deserted him for Felix (Josephus, Ant. xx, 7, 1, ' 2). He died in the first year of Nero (A.D. 54), and j was succeeded by his brother Soasmus (Joseph, ib. 8, 4).
Az'maveth (Heb. Azma'veth, T^)", perhaps strong as death ; Sept. 'Aoy<w3 and 'AZpioS), the name j of three men, and also of a place.
1. A Barhumite (or Baharumite), one of David's thirty warriors (2 Sam. xxiii, 31 ; 1 Chron. xi, 33), and father of two of his famous slingers (1 Chron. xii, 3). B.C.10G1.
2. The second named of the three sons of Jehoadah (1 Chron. viii, 36) or Jarah (ix, 42), a descendant of Jonathan. B.C. post 1037.
3. A son of Adiel, and overseer of the royal treasu- ry under David and Solomon (1 Chron. xxvii, 25). B.C. 1014.
4. A village of Judah or Benjamin, and mentioned in connection with Geba (Neh. xii, 29). Forty-two j persons residents of this place were enrolled in the j list of those that returned from the captivity at Baby- lon (Ezra ii, 24 ; Neh. vii, 28 ; in which latter passage the place is called Beth-AZMAveth). The corre- sponding Arabic name Azmut is still found in Pales- j tine, but not in a location corresponding to the one in question (Robinson's Researches, iii, 102 ; De Saulcy's Narrative, i, 91). Schwarz (Palest, p. 129) conjectures that the name of this place may have been derived i from that of the Benjamite preceding; but he con- founds it with Alemeth, Almon, and even Bahurim. The notices seem to point to some locality in the north- ern environs of Jerusalem ; hence Ritter (Erdk. xvi, 519) identities it with Hizmeh, a village north of the site of Anathoth (Van de Velde, Memoir, p. 291).
Az'mon (Heb. Atsmon' , ''iiZZV, strong; Sept. 'Acrt- [iioi'a, '2{\fiiDvdv), a place on the southern border of ! Palestine, between Hazar-adar (beyond a bend at Kar- k:ia) and "the river of Egypt" (Num. xxxiv, 4, 5; Josh, xv, 4). The site is perhaps marked by the ruins on a hill near Wad;/ es-Shutin (Robinson, Researches, i, 2^)0), near the junction of Wady Futeis with Wady Ru- haibeh [see Tribe], about half way between Elusa and Rehoboth (Van de Velde's Map). See Heshmon.
Az'noth-ta'bor (Heb. Aznoth' Tabor', M'itK 1130, ears [i. e. summits] of Tabor [comp. Uzzen-She- rah," "Chisloth-Tabor"]; Sept. 'A£vw3'3,a/3uJp),atown on the western border of Naphtali, between the Jordan and Ilukkok (Josh, xix, 34). It is placed by Euse- bius (Onomast. s. v. 'AoavioS) in a plain not far from Dioeassarea. Neither of these notices, however, would allow a position near Tabo^ as the name implies ; for the territory of Zebulon, at least, intervened. See Tribe. They may, however, be somewhat combined in a conjectural locality at the eastern edge of the plain el-Buttauf, in the vicinity of Kurn Ilattin.