AZAL (R. V. AZEL):

By: Morris Jastrow, Jr., Gerson B. Levi

A place near Jerusalem, but the exact position can not be determined (Zech. xiv. 5). It is supposed by some to be the same as Beth-ezel (Micah i. 11). Clermont-Ganneau identifies it with the Wadi Yasul.

J. Jr. G. B. L.