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Azal
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
(Zech. 14:5) should perhaps be rendered “very near” = “the way of escape shall be made easy.” If a proper name, it may denote some place near the western extremity of the valley here spoken of near Jerusalem.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
a name only occurring in (Zechariah 14:5) It is mentioned as the limit to which the ravine of the Mount of Olives will extend when “Jehovah shall go forth to fight.”
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
A'ZAL. Zech 14:5. As the passage reads in the margin, Azal is not a proper name; but if a place at all, it was on or near Mount Olivet.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
A'ZAL. Zech 14:5. As the passage reads in the margin, Azal is not a proper name; but if a place at all, it was on or near Mount Olivet.