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Bela
        (destruction).
        1. One of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar, Ge 14:2; 19:22 [ZOAR]
        2. Son of Beor, who reigned over Edom in the city of Dinhabah, eight generations before Saul. Ge 36:31-33; 1Ch 1:43,44
        3. Eldest son of Benjamin, according to Ge 46:21 (Authorized Version "Belah"); Nu 26:38,40; 1Ch 7:6; 8:1 and head of the family of the Belaites.
        4. Son of Ahaz, a Reubenite. 1Ch 5:8


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'bela' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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