Who and what is…
Azur
also known as: Azzur, Azor, and Yazur
Meaning: mighty, heroic, helper
This was the name of some biblical men and a small town.
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Azor, the father of Zadok (aka Sadoc), a royal son
He is mentioned in Matthew 1:13-14, as being in the lineage of Jesus Christ.
King David (and Queen Bathsheba) →King Solomon →King Rehoboam →King Abijah (Abijam) →King Asa →King Jehoshaphat →King Jehoram (Joram) →King Ahaziah (Uzziah) →King Jotham →King Ahaz →King Hezekiah →King Manasseh →King Amon →King Josiah →Jeconiah (Jechonias, Jehoiachin, Jekonjah, Coniah, Neri) →Prince Shealtiel (exiled to Babylon) →Prince Zerubbabel (royal leader of the return exiles, rebuilt the altar and Temple foundation) →Prince Abiud (Abihud) →Governor Eliakim →Azor →Zadok →Achim →Eliud →Eleazar →Matthan →Jacob →JOSEPH, the legal father of Jesus Christ -
Azzur (aka Azur), the father of Hananiah
Hananiah is a false prophet who was from Gibeon (Jeremiah 28).
Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, Yahweh has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. Therefore thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.’” So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month. —Jeremiah 28:15-17 LSB
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Azur, father of Jaazaniah
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Azur, one of those who sealed the covenant with YHWH
This was on the return from the exile in Babylon.
Neh. 10:17
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Azor (aka Azur), a town in Israel
It was on the old road from Jerusalem to Joppa.
Site of Azor (Azur)—satellite view