Uriel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

u'-ri-el ('uri'-el, "flame of El (God)," or "El is my light"): (1) A Kohathite, said in 1 Ch 15:5 to be the chief of the sons of Kohath (1 Ch 6:24 (Hebrew verse 9); 15:5,11). He corresponds to Zephaniah in the pedigree of Heman in 1 Ch 6:33-38 (Hebrew 18-23). See Curtis, Chronicles, 130 f. (2) A man of Gibeah, and father of Micaiah the mother of King Abijah of Judah (2 Ch 13:2). (3) The archangel (En 20:2, etc.). See next article.