Is Mulek Mentioned in the Bible?

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Keywords

Zedekiah, Book of Mormon studies, Mulek, Old Testament studies

Abstract

Helaman 6:10 records that Zedekiah, King of Judah in Lehi's day, had a son named Mulek who escaped execution by the Babylonians, despite the statement in 2 Kings 25:4-7 that the king's sons were slain. While the name Mulek is not mentioned directly in the Bible, scholars have recently drawn some interesting conclusions about a person named Malchiah, mentioned in Jer. 38:6. Could he have been Mulek?

Recommended Citation

(1984) "Is Mulek Mentioned in the Bible?," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 4: No. 2, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol4/iss2/1