Topic
Bilgah; Bilgai
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 24:14ISBE
The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
- Nehemiah 10:8ISBE
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
- Nehemiah 12:5ISBE
Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
bil'-ga bil'-ga-i (bilgah; bilgay, "cheerfulness"): A priest or priestly family in the time of the Return (Ne 12:5), and (under the form of "Bilgai," Ne 10:8) in the time of Nehemiah. According to 1Ch 24:14, Bilgah is the 15th of the 24 divisions of the priests who officiated in the Temple. In the Septuagint, the names read Belgai, Belga and Balgas. The traditional explanation of the name is "rejuvenation"; modern exegetes explain it as "cheerfulness."
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.