Bilgah

1 verse

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 10:8

Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

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).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(first-born).

(1.) A priest in the time of David; the head of the fifteenth course for the temple service. (1 Chronicles 24:14) (B.C. 1015.)

(2.) A priest or priestly family who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. (Nehemiah 12:5,18) (B.C. 536.)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.