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Topic:
Persons Of The Bible -- Uriel
The name "Uriel" means "God is my light."
There are three persons named "Uriel" in the scripture. The
name also means "the fire of God".
1. A Kohathite Levite, son of Tahath. (1 Chronicles 6:24)
2. Chief of the Kohathites in the reign of David, at the time when the ark
was brought up to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:5, 11). (B.C. 1043.)
3. 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.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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