Bezaleel

An artificer, endued by God with special skill for constructing and adorning the tabernacle, Exo 31:2 ; 35:30.\par

Bezal’e-el. (in the shadow of God).

1. The son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah and one of the architects of the Tabernacle. Exo 31:1-6. His charge was chiefly in all works of metal, wood and stone. (B.C. 1490).

2. One of the sons of Pahath-moab, who had taken a foreign wife. Ezr 10:30. (B.C. 458).

("under the shadow i.e. protection of God".)

1. Son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, filled with the Spirit of God to work all manner of workmanship in metal, wood, and stone for the tabernacle (Exo 31:1-6), as Aholiab wrought in textile fabrics. Bezaleel was the principal, Aholiab the subordinate (Exo 36:1-2; Exo 38:22; Exo 38:37; Exo 38:38). Hur was the offspring of Caleb and Ephrath, and one of his descendants was Salmon, or Salmah, figuratively "father of Bethlehem," actually father of Boaz, and progenitor of the royal house of David of Bethlehem (1Ch 2:19; 1Ch 2:50-51; 1Ch 2:54; Rth 4:20-21).

2. Son of Pahath Moab, who took a foreign wife (Ezr 10:30).

(Heb. Betsalel’, בְּצִלְאֵל, in [otherwise son of, q. d. בֶּןאּ] the shadow of God, i.e. under his protection; Sept. Βεσελεήλ v. r. [in Ezra] Βεσελήλ and Βεσσελήλ), the name of two men.

1. The artificer to whom was confided by Jehovah the design and execution of the works of art required for the tabernacle in the wilderness

(Exo 31:2; Exo 35:30; Exo 37:1; 2Ch 1:5). B.C. 1657. His charge was chiefly in all works of metal, wood, and stone, Aholiab being associated with him for the textile fabrics; but it is plain from the terms in which the two are mentioned (36:1:2; 38:22), as well as from the enumeration of the works in Bezaleel’s name in 37 and 38, that he was the chief of the two, and master of Aholiab’s department as well as his own. Bezaleel was of the tribe of Judah, the son of Uri, the son of Hur (or Chur). Hur was the offspring of the marriage of Caleb (one of the chiefs of the great family of Pharez) with Ephrath (1Ch 2:20; 1Ch 2:50), and one of his sons, or descendants (comp. Rth 4:20), was Salma or Salmon, who is handed down under the title of “father of Bethlehem,” and who, as the great-grandfather of Boaz, was the direct progenitor of king David (1Ch 2:51; 1Ch 2:54; Rth 4:21). SEE BETHLEHEM; SEE HUR.

2. One of the sons of Pahath-moab, who divorced the foreign wife whom he had taken after the exile (Ezr 10:30). B.C. 458.

Bezaleel (be-zăl’e-el), in the shadow of God, i.e., in his protection. Bezalel (bes’ah-lçl), R. V. 1. An artificer endued by God with special skill for constructing and adorning the tabernacle. Exo 31:2; Exo 35:30. 2. One who put away his strange wife, after the exile. Ezr 10:30.

[Bezal’eel]

1. Son of Uri, of the tribe of Judah. He was called of God, and filled with the Spirit of God in wisdom, understanding and knowledge to devise cunning works in gold, silver, brass, stone, and timber, for the tabernacle, and to take the oversight thereof. Exo 31:2; Exo 35:30; Exo 36:1-2; Exo 37: l; Exo 38:22; 1Ch 2:20; 2Ch 1:5.

2. One who had married a strange wife. Ezr 10:30.