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Uri

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: U

By: James P. Boyd

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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(fire). (1) Father of Bezaleel, one of the architects of the tabernacle (Ex. 31:2; 35:30; 38:22²See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: (Exodus 31:2)
³⁰And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; (Exodus 35:30)
²²And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses. (Exodus 38:22); 1 Chron. 2:20²⁰And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. (1 Chronicles 2:20); 2 Chron. 1:5⁵Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. (2 Chronicles 1:5)). (2) Father of Geber, Solomon’s commissary officer in the land of Gilead (1 Kings 4:19¹⁹Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. (1 Kings 4:19)). (3) A gate-keeper of the temple in the time of Ezra (Ezra 10:24²⁴Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. (Ezra 10:24)).

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