Well, I have to admit it’s a long time since I read I Chronicles Chapter 1 in any detail (like never, to be honest) but I just looked and there it is in 1:50, except the KJV spells it Mehetabel.
I first encountered Archy and Mehitabel in the mid-60s, in a Bennett Cerf collection of humor that was around the house when I was a kid. Then I found the 1940 omnibus edition when I was in high school, and I’ve had a copy ever since. I really want to name our next female cat Mehitabel, but my wife isn’t all in on that. We shall see.
My friends and I discovered Archy and Mehitabel in our highschool library in the late 70s. We were kind of literary nerds.