Category:Michael

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Michael - Who is like God? (1.) The title given to one of the chief angels (Daniel 10:13, Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1). He had special charge of Israel as a nation. He disputed with Satan (Jude 1:9) about the body of Moses. He is also represented as warning against "that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world" (Revelation 12:7). (2.) The father of Sethur, the spy selected to represent Asher (Numbers 13:13). (3.) 1 Chronicles 7:3, a chief of the tribe of Issachar. (4.) 1 Chronicles 8:16, a Benjamite. (5.) A chief Gadite in Bashan (1 Chronicles 5:13). (6.) A Manassite, "a captain of thousands" who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:20). (7.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chronicles 6:40). (8.) The father of Omri (1 Chronicles 27:18). (9.) One of the sons of king Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 21:2, 2 Chronicles 21:4). He was murdered by his brother Jehoram.