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Bilgah
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Bilgah. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Cheerful.
Bilgah (1)
#The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service (1 Chr. 24:14).
Bilgah (2)
#A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:5, 18).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(first-born).
A priest in the time of David; the head of the fifteenth course for the temple service. (1 Chronicles 24:14) (B.C. 1015.) A priest or priestly family who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. (Nehemiah 12:5,18) (B.C. 536.)
In the Bible
3
Verses where Bilgah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 24:14
the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
- Nehemiah 12:5
Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
- Nehemiah 12:18
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;
Scripture on Bilgah
2
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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