Bezaleel, Bezalel

  1. Uri’s son and the master craftsman from the tribe of Judah. God gave him special skills to be in charge of the construction and furnishing of the tabernacle (Exodus 31:2; 35:30–31; 36:1–2; 37:1; 38:22; 1 Chronicles 2:20; 2 Chronicles 1:5) In the King James Version, his name is Bezaleel.

  2. Pahath-moab’s son, who obeyed Ezra’s command to divorce his non-Jewish wife after the exile in Babylon (Ezra 10:30). In the King James Version, his name is Bezaleel.

People and places

Bezalel: Skilled craftsman who built the tabernacle Bezalel: Israelite who married a foreign wife