Smith's Bible Dictionary

•Apparently one of the chiefs of Zerubbabel’s expedition, (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7) whose family
afterwards signed the covenant. (Nehemiah 10:16) (B.C. 410.)
Bildad
(son of contention), the second of Job’s three friends. He is called “the Shuhite,” which implies
both his family and nation. (Job 2:11) (B.C. about 2000.)
Bileam
(foreigners), a town in the western half of the tribe of Manasseh, named only in (1 Chronicles
6:70) same as Ibleam and Gath-rimmon. (Joshua 17:11) and Josh 21:24
Bilgah
(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.)
Bilgai
(Nehemiah 10:8) [Bilgah, 2]
Bilhah
(timid, bashful), handmaid of Rachel, (Genesis 29:29) and concubine of Jacob, to whom she
bore Dan and Naphtali. (Genesis 30:3-8; 35:25; 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13) (B.C 53.)
Bilhan
(modest).
•A Horite chief dwelling in Mount Seir. (Genesis 36:27; 1 Chronicles 1:42)
•A Benjamite, son of Jediael. (1 Chronicles 7:10)
Bilshan
(eloquent), one of Zerubbabel’s companions on his expedition from Babylon. (Ezra 2:2;
Nehemiah 7:7) (B.C. 536).
Bimhal
(circumcised), one of the sons of Japhlet in the line of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:33)
Binea
(fountain), one of the descendants of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37; 7:43) (B.C. 850.)
Binnui
(familyship).
•A Levite, father of Noadiah. (Ezra 8:33)
•One who had taken a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:30)
•Another Israelite who had also taken a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:38)
•Altered from Bani in the corresponding list in Ezra. (Nehemiah 7:15)
•A Levite, son of Henadad, who assisted at the reparation of the wall of Jerusalem, under Nehemiah.
(Nehemiah 3:24; 10:9)
Birds
[Sparrow]
Birsha
(son of godlessness), a king of Gomorrah. (Genesis 14:2)
Birthday