Azel

A family line is all that remains of Azel. First Chronicles 8 lists him among the descendants of Benjamin’s household and names his six sons: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. The same short passage is repeated in chapter 9, nearly word for word. Nothing is said of his deeds. Still, the careful listing of children by name shows that the writer of Chronicles wanted each family remembered, even when no story survives about them.

4 verses

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 8:37

And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:

1 Chronicles 8:38

And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 9:43

And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

1 Chronicles 9:44

And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Noble, a descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43, 44).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(noble), a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37,38; 9:43,44)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.