Bible Person

Azel

Male · 4 cross references

Azel is a later descendant in Saul's Benjaminite line whose sons are carefully preserved in Chronicles. He belongs to the long tail of genealogical memory that keeps Saul's house from disappearing from Israel's record. First appears in 1 Chr 8:37.1

Identity

male

First appears

1 Chr 8:37

AI summary: Azel matters because the cross references present him as one of the later nodes in the family of Saul, complete with an extended list of sons. That detail signals that the line remained important enough to preserve across generations even after Saul's downfall. Genealogical memory here functions as a form of historical continuity. Taken together, the material presents Azel as a later Benjaminite descendant whose household helps continue the remembered line of Saul.1

Identity

male