Asiel

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

— the name of three persons: a) (1 Chron. 4:35) an Israelite of the tribe of Simeon, whose descendant Jehu lived in the reign of Hezekiah; b) (2 Esdras 14:24) one of five swift scribes of Ezra, employed, by Ezra’s command, in copying the Law and compiling a history of the world; c) (Tobit 1:1) a Naphtalite, forefather of the tribe from which Tobit traced his lineage.

Scripture cited

1 Chronicles 4:35 Tobit 1:1

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