Difference between revisions of "Uriel"

<li> The father of Michaiah, one of Rehoboam's wives, and mother of [[Abijah]] (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 13:2 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Uriel'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/u/uriel.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> 1. Son of Tahath, a Kohathite. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:24 . </p> <p> 2. Descendant of Kohath, employed by David when he brought up the ark. &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 15:5,11 . </p> <p> 3. Father of Michaiah, or Maachah, wife of Rehoboam. &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 13:2 . See MICHAIAH. </p>

<p> (Heb. Uriel', אוּרַיאֵל [[Fire]] [or [[Light]] ] ''Of God;'' Sept. Ο ù ριήλ )'','' the name of three Hebrews. </p> <p> '''1.''' A Kohathite Levite, son of Tahath and father of [[Uzziah]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:24 [9]; apparently the same in Zephaniah (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 6:36). B.C. cir. 1550. (See [[Samuel]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' Chief of the Kohathites of the family of [[Korah]] in the reign of David, who assisted, together with one hundred and twenty of his brethren, in bringing the ark from the house of [[Obededom]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:5; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:11). B.C. 1043. </p> <p> '''3.''' Uriel of Gibeah was the father of Maachah, or Michaiah, the favorite wife of Rehoboam, and mother of Abijah (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 13:2). B.C. ante 973. In 11:20 she is called "Maachah the daughter of Absalom;" and [[Josephus]] (Ant. 8, 10,1) explains this by saying that her mother was Tamar, Absalom's daughter. [[Rashi]] gives a long note to the effect that [[Michaiah]] was called Maachah after the name of her daughter-in-law, the mother of Asa, who was a woman of renown, and that her father's name was Uriel Abishalom. There is no indication, however, that Absalom, like Solomon, had another name, although in the [[Targum]] of R. [[Joseph]] on Chronicles it is said that the father of Maachah was called Uriel, that the name of [[Absalom]] might not be mentioned. (See Maachah). </p> <p> '''4.''' Uriel is also named in the [[Apocrypha]] (&nbsp;2 Esdras 4:1; &nbsp;2 Esdras 4:36; &nbsp;2 Esdras 5:20; &nbsp;2 Esdras 10:28) as an angel or archangel; and in the book of Enoch he is described as "the angel of thunder and lightning" (ch. 20), and as being "placed over all the lights of heaven" (75:3). </p>