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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

az-a-li'-a atsalyahu, ("Yahweh has set aside"): A son of Meshullam and father of Shaphan the scribe, famous in connection with the discovery of the law in the reign of King Josiah (2Ki 22:3).