Encyclopedia of The Bible – Asiel
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Asiel

ASIEL ăs’ ĭ əl (עֲשִׂיאֵֽל ; ̓Ασιήλ). 1. Great-grandfather of Jehu, a Simeonite prince mentioned as sharing Judah’s inheritance (1 Chron 4:35; Josh 19:9).

2. One of five writers employed by Ezra to transcribe the law (2 Esd 14:24).

3. An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1); a Naphtalite.