Azor

Azor surfaces in the Matthean genealogy of Jesus as one of the post-exilic links between Zerubbabel and Joseph the husband of Mary. He has no narrative outside the genealogy — only a name standing between a father and a son in the line. A separate paragraph in the index points to a possible identification with Azrikam, a contemporary in the parallel Chronicler list.

A Link in the Davidic Line

Azor is named twice across two consecutive verses, once as son and once as father, inside Matthew's genealogy from the exile to Christ: "and Zerubbabel begot Abiud; and Abiud begot Eliakim; and Eliakim begot Azor;" (Mt 1:13). The line continues directly through him: "and Azor begot Zadok; and Zadok begot Achim; and Achim begot Eliud;" (Mt 1:14). Azor's role is purely positional — receiving the line from Eliakim and passing it to Zadok.

A Possible Match in the Chronicler

A possible identification connects Azor with the post-exilic list of Davidic descendants in the Chronicler, where the name Azrikam appears in the same period: "And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three" (1Ch 3:23). The text supplies only the name and its position in Neariah's three sons; any equation with Matthew's Azor stands beyond what the verses themselves state.