Bible Dictionary · B
Bilgah
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, Neh 12:18).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 24:14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
- Nehemiah 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
- Nehemiah 12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.