Simalcue

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Σινμαλκουή v.r. Εἰμαλκουαί , etc.; Vulg. Emalchuel, Malchus ; Josephus, Μάλχος , Ant. 13, 5, 1; comp. 14, 14. 1; War, 1, 14, 1), an Arabian chief who had charge of Antiochus, the young son of Alexander Balas, before he was put forward by Tryphon as a claimant to the Syrian throne ( 1 Maccabees 11:39). According to Diodorus ( Eclog. 32, 1) the name of the chief was Diocles, though in another place ( Frag. 21, Muller) he calls him Jamblichus. The name evidently contains the element Melek, "king , " but the original form is uncertain (comp. Grotius and Grimm On 1 Macc. loc. cit).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sı̄ - mal - kū´ē  : the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) Imalcue (which see).