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Uriel
God is my light. (1.) A Levite of the family of Kohath (1 Chr 6:24).
(2.) The chief of the Kohathites at the time when the ark was brought up to Jerusalem (1 Chr 15:5, 1 Chr 15:11).
(3.) The father of Michaiah, one of Rehoboam’s wives, and mother of Abijah (2 Chr 13:2).
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- 1 Chronicles 6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
- 1 Chronicles 15:5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
- 1 Chronicles 15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
- 2 Chronicles 13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
