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Updated: June 23, 2025
Hence the double name Ozni and Ezbon borne by one of the sons of Gad, for this tribe "hearkened" to the word of God, and fulfilled His "will." The grandsons of Asher bear the names Heber and Malchiel, because they were the "associates" of kings, and their inheritance yielded "royal dainties." Partly the history of the tribe of Benjamin can be read in the names of its chiefs.
Thy servant am I. Lay a report of my words before the king my lord. The vassal of the king am I. Mayest thou live long! Behold, the district of the city of Gath-Carmel has fallen away to Tagi and the men of Gath. Malchiel has sent to Tagi and has seized some boy-slaves. Hadad-el has remained in his house in Gaza...." As for the governor who acts thus, why does not the king question him?
Behold, this is the deed of Malchiel and the deed of the sons of Labai, who have given the country of the king to the Khabiri. But they have taken upon themselves a very grievous sin. Let thy favour be towards me. I have sent to the king my lord 5000 prisoners and ... tribute-bearers. The caravans of the king have been robbed in the field of Ajalon.
In one of his letters he excuses himself partly on the ground that even "the food of his stomach" had been taken from him, partly that he had attacked and entered Gezer only in order to recover the property of himself and his friend Malchiel, partly because a certain Bin-sumya whom the Pharaoh had sent against him had really "given a city and property in it to my father, saying that if the king sends for my wife I shall withhold her, and if the king sends for myself I shall give him instead a bar of copper in a large bowl and take the oath of allegiance."
No provinces remain unto the king; the confederates have wasted all the provinces of the king. And let the king send help to his troops; let him despatch troops against the men who have rebelled against the king my lord. Behold, Malchiel and the sons of Labai have given the country of the king to the Confederates. Behold, the king my lord is righteous towards me.
As we shall see, Labai and his ally, Malchiel, were among the chief adversaries of Ebed-Tob of Jerusalem. On one occasion, however, Labai was actually made prisoner by one of the Egyptian officers.
Again it is an offence in me that I have entered the city of Gezer and ordered the city to assemble, saying, 'The king has taken my property and the property of Malchiel. How could I know what Malchiel has done against me? Again the king has written to Bin-Sumya; he does not know that Bin-Sumya has marched along with the Bedâwin, and lo, I have delivered him into the hand of Adda-dan.
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
Malchiel was the son-in-law of Tagi of Gath, and the colleague of Su-yardata, one of the few Canaanite governors whom the Egyptian government seems to have been able to trust. Both Su-yardata and Malchiel held commands in Southern Palestine, and we hear a good deal about them from Ebed-Tob.
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