In The Chosen, Melech is an injured Samaritan man who encounters Jesus in Season 2, Episode 1. We learn that before he was injured, he once robbed a man and left him for dead. It is heavily implied that the man who he robbed is the main character of the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 1025-37). In the Bible, we are not told the name of the robbers in the parable. Moreover, there is no indication that the parable is based on real events.