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

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.