Bezalel

BEZALEL bez'-a-lel (betsal'el, "in the shadow (protection) of 'El (God)"; Beseleel; the King James Version Bezaleel):

(1) A master workman under Moses; son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. Yahweh gave him especial wisdom and skill for his task, which was, with the aid of Oholiab of the tribe of Dan, to superintend the making of the tabernacle and its furniture (Exodus 31:2; 35:30; 36:1,2; 8; 37:1; 38:22; 1 Chronicles 2:20; 2 Chronicles 1:5).

(2) An Israelite of the time of Ezra who put away a foreign wife (Ezra 10:30).

F. K. Farr

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEZALEL'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.