Topic
Bilgah
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 24:14Easton · Smith · Nave 1. One of the chiefs of the priestly shifts in the temple
The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
- Nehemiah 12:5Easton · Smith · Nave 2. A priest
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
- Nehemiah 12:18Easton · Smith · Nave 2. A priest
Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
- Nehemiah 10:8Nave 2. A priest — Perhaps identical with BILGAI
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Cheerful. (1.) The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service (1 Chr. 24:14). (2.) A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:5, 18).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- 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 topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.