Bible Person
Meaning: king; counselor · Male · 2 cross references
Melech is a descendant of Jonathan and grandson within the line associated with Mephibosheth in the Benjaminite genealogies. He belongs to the preserved family memory of Saul's wider house. First appears in 1 Chr 8:35.1
AI summary: Melech matters because his cross references place him within the continuation of Saul's lineage after the kingdom's transfer to David. The genealogies do not give him a narrative role, but they do show that Saul's family remained remembered and structured across generations. Taken together, the material presents Melech as one of the later descendants who carry the record of that royal house forward.1
Central Figure
Melech
Meaning: king; counselor
King, the second of Micah’s four sons (1 Chr.
King, the second of Micah’s four sons (1 Chr. 8:35), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.