McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Malchiel

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Malchiel


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(Heb. Malkiel', îִìְëַּéàֵì , king of God; Sept. Ìåë÷éήë ), the second of the two sons of Beriah, son of Asher (Gen_46:17); he became the “father” (? founder) of Birzavith (1Ch_7:31), and his descendants bore his name (Num_26:45). B.C. 1856. ‘“Josephus (Ant. 2:7, 4) reckons him with Heber among the six sons of Asher, thus making up the number of Jacob's children and grandchildren to seventy, without reckoning great-grandchildren.”