Bible Dictionary
Dictionary
1. (the fire of God), an angel named only in 2 Esdr. 4.1,36; 5.20; 10.28.
2.
- A Kohathite Levite, son of Tahath. (1 Chronicles 6:24)
- Chief of the Kohathites in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 15:5,11) (B.C. 1043.)
- Uriel of Gibeah was the father of Maachah or Michaiah the favorite wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah. (2 Chronicles 13:2) (B.C. before 973.) In (2 Chronicles 11:20) she is called "Maachah the daughter of Absalom." Probably her mother, Tamer, was the daughter of Absalom.
3. one of the towns of the allotment of Simeon, (Joshua 19:2) probably the same as Shema. (Joshua 15:26)
4. a city "in the district near the wilderness" to which our Lord retired with his disciples when threatened with violence by the priests. (John 11:54)
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