Topic
Bela; Belah
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 36:32ISBE
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- Genesis 46:21ISBE
¶ And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
- Numbers 26:38ISBE
¶ The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
- Numbers 26:39ISBE
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
- Numbers 26:40ISBE
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
- 1 Chronicles 1:43ISBE
¶ Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- 1 Chronicles 5:8ISBE
And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
- 1 Chronicles 7:6ISBE
¶ The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
- 1 Chronicles 8:1ISBE
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
- 1 Chronicles 8:3–5ISBE
And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 12 references
be'-la (bela`, "destruction"; the King James Version Belah, Ge 46:21):
(1) Bela, the son of Beor, was the first king of Edom previous to the kingdom of Israel and reigned in the city of Dinhabah (Ge 36:32 f; 1Ch 1:43 f). Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus, Balak.
(2) Bela, the firstborn son of Benjamin (Ge 46:21; 1Ch 7:6 f; 1Ch 8:1). He was the head of the family of the Belaites (Nu 26:38), the father of Addar (called Ard, Nu 26:40), Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, Gera, Shephuphan (compare Shephupham, Nu 26:39), Huram (1Ch 8:3-5; Nu 26:40).
(3) Bela, a son of Azaz, of the tribe of Reuben, was a man of great power and wealth. His possessions reached from Nebo to the Euphrates (1Ch 5:8 ff).
A. L. Breslich
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.