azal Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
azal in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(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.
azal in Smith's Bible Dictionary
a name only occurring in #Zec 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."
azal in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
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.
azal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
(Zechariah 14:5.) The limit to which "the valley" or cleft of the mount of Olives will extend, when Jehovah shall go forth to fight against those nations which shall have assailed Jerusalem. The Hebrew name means adjoining, i.e. near the city: the valley reaching up to the city gates will enable the citizens fleeing to escape to it.