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 (Genesis 14:2; 19:22). SEE [ZOAR].
(2.) Son of Beor, who reigned over Edom in the city of Dinhabah, eight generations before Saul (Genesis 36:31-33; 1 Chronicles 1:43-44).
(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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