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Bela

be'-la (destroying, destruction, a thing swallowed)
RELATED: Azaz, Belah, Benjamin, Beor, Hiram, Zoar

Easton's Bible Dictionary

a thing swallowed.

(1) A city on the shore of the Dead Sea, not far from Sodom, called also Zoar. It was the only one of the five cities that was spared at Lot's intercession ( Genesis 19:20 , 19:23 ). It is first mentioned in Genesis 14:2 , 14:8 .

(2) The eldest son of Benjamin ( Numbers 26:38 ; "Belah," Genesis 46:21 ).

(3) The son of Beor, and a king of Edom ( Genesis 36:32 , 36:33 ; 1 Chronicles 1:43 ).

(4) A son of Azaz ( 1 Chronicles 5:8 ).

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

(FROM BELAH) destroying

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

(destruction)

(1) One of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar, ( Genesis 14:2 ; 19:22 ) [ZOAR]

(2) Son of Beor, who reigned over Edom in the city of Dinhabah, eight generations before Saul. ( Genesis 36:31 - 33 ; 1 Chronicles 1:43 , 1:44 )

(3) Eldest son of Benjamin, according to ( Genesis 46:21 ) (Authorized Version "Belah"); ( Numbers 26:38 , 26:40 ; 1 Chronicles 7:6 ; 8:1 ) and head of the family of the Belaites.

(4) Son of Ahaz, a Reubenite. ( 1 Chronicles 5:8 )

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

be'-la (bela`, "destruction"; the King James Version Belah, Genesis 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 (Genesis 36:32 ; 1 Chronicles 1:43). Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus, Balak.

(2) Bela, the firstborn son of Benjamin (Genesis 46:21 ; 1 Chronicles 7:6 ; 1 Chronicles 8:1). He was the head of the family of the Belaites (Numbers 26:38), the father of Addar (called Ard, Numbers 26:40), Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, Gera, Shephuphan (compare Shephupham, Numbers 26:39), Huram (1 Chronicles 8:3 - 5 ; Numbers 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 (1 Chronicles 5:8). A. L. Breslich

See ZOAR

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