Azal RIver - Zechariah 14:5

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In 1873-74, Charles Clermont-Ganneau discovered Azal mentioned in Zechariah 14:5 based on the linguistic similarity of the (Hebrew) name Azal with Yasul (Arabic), a wady just south of the former City of David.

“But, as with so many other Arabic topographical words, we may very likely have here an ancient geographical name … most [bible] commentators agree in regarding [Azal] as a place situated not far from Jerusalem, but otherwise unknown. May we not find it at Yâsûl, whose name agrees with it letter for letter?”

In 1955, Israel named this river/valley Nahal Azal (Azal River), and in 1990 they named its southern flanking mountain Mount Azal. Here's a link explaining this (in Hebrew) > "המועצה הרעה" בהר אצל

Here's a Wikipedia article on Nahal Azal (in Hebrew) > נחל אצל – ויקיפדיה

Here's it's location on Google Maps > Google Maps

Don't know if anyone is really interested, so I won't get into great detail, but if you want to know more search interwebs for Azal + Yasul + Zechariah