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AZETAS

a-ze'-tas Azetas): The head of a family accompanying Zerubbabel out of captivity (1 Esdras 5:15). Neither Ezra nor Nehemiah gives this name in his list.There may be an echo of the name in that of Wady Yasal, to the right of `Ain el-Loz, in Wady en-Nar.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.