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Person Old Testament

Melech

Also known as Melech =ESV, KJV; Melek =NIV

Melech, a descendant of King Saul mentioned in the genealogies of Benjamin. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Chronicles 8:35.

Why it matters. A descendant of King Saul.

Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Melech

Melech is mentioned in the genealogies of the tribe of Benjamin in the First Book of Chronicles (1Ch.8.35; 9.41). He is listed as a descendant of King Saul, the first king of Israel. The genealogies indicate that Melech was the son of Micah and the father of Tarea.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Micah

Appears in Scripture

Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.