bethezel Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
bethezel in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(neighbor's house), a place named only in #Mic 1:11| From the context it was doubtless situated in the plain of Philistia.
bethezel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("house of firmness".) Situated probably in the shephelah or low hilly land of Judah, near Zaanan or Zenan (Joshua 15:37). Though Bethezel means the house on the side, i.e. near Zaanan, it got no comfort from Zaanan's inhabitants in its mourning (Micah 1:11). There was an Azal near Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:5) (See ZAANAN.)