McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Bilgah (2)

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Bilgah (2)


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(Heb. Bilgah', áַּìְâָּä , prob. cheerful, but according to First, First-born; Sept. ÂåëãÜò and ÂáëãÜò ), the name of two priests.

1. The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service, as arranged by David (1Ch_24:14). B.C. 1043.

2. A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Neh_12:5; Neh_12:18), B.C. 536; perhaps the same as the BILGAI of Neh_10:8.