Bene-berak
BEN'E-BE'RAK (son of lightning), a city of Dan, Josh 19:45, probably Ibn Ibrak, near el-Yehudizeh.
Bene-jaakan
Children of Jaakan (Num. 33:31, 32), the same as Beeroth.
Beneberak
(son of lightning), one of the cities of the tribe of Dan, mentioned only in (Joshua 19:45)
Benefactors
BENEFAC'TORS was a title given to several rulers, particularly to two of the Egyptian Ptolemies, who are called accordingly in the Greek form Euergetes. Hence our Lord's remark, Luke 22:25. It is ana…
Benejaakan
(sons of Jaakan), a tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites on their journey to Canaan. [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan BE…
Benekedem
(the children of the East), an appellation given to a people or to peoples dwelling to the east of Palestine. It occurs in (Genesis 29:1; Judges 6:3,33; 7:12; 8:10; Job 1:3)
Benhadad
(son of Hadad), the name of three kings of Damascus. BENHADAD I., King of Damascus, which in his time was supreme in Syria. He made an alliance with Asa, and conquered a great part of the north of Is…
Benhail
(son of the host, strong), one of the princes whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach in the cities of Judah. (2 Chronicles 17:7)
Benhanan
(son of the gracious), son of Shimon, in the line of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:20)
Benimi
our sons
Beninu
(our son), a Levite; one of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:13,14)
Benjamin
Son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His m…
Benjamin, High Gate Or Gate Of
(Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13; 38:7; Zechariah 14:10) [Jerusalem]
Benjamin, The Land Of
The proximity of Benjamin to Ephraim during the march to the promised land was maintained in the territory allotted to each. That given to Benjamin formed almost a parallelogram, of about 26 miles in…
Benjamin, The Tribe Of
The contrast between the warlike character of the tribe and the peaceful image of its progenitor comes out in many scattered notices. Benjamin was the only tribe which seems to have pursued archery t…
Beno
(his son), a Levite of the sons of Merari. (1 Chronicles 24:26,27)
Benon
(Numbers 32:3) [BETH-BAALMEON] Comp. ver. 38.
Benoni
(son of my sorrow). (Genesis 35:18) [Benjamin, Benjamin, The Tribe Of]
Benzoheth
(son of Zoheth), a descendant of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:20)
Beon
BE'ON. Num 32:3. See Baal-Meon.
Beor
A torch. (1.) The father of Bela, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:32). (2.) The father of Balaam (Num. 22:5; 24:3, 15; 31:8). In 2 Pet. 2:15 he is called Bosor.
Bera
Gift, or son of evil, king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the four kings under Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2, 8, 17, 21).
Beraa
(well watered).
Berachah,
BER'ACHAH, (blessing), VALLEY OF, where Jehoshaphat celebrated the victory over the Moabites, 2 Chr 20:26; now Wady Breikût, west of Tekua (Tekoa), and about 8 miles south-west of Bethlehem.
Berachah, Valley Of
a valley in which Jehoshaphat and his people assembled to “bless” Jehovah after the overthrow of the hosts of Moabites. (2 Chronicles 20:26) It is now called Bereikut, and lies between Tekua and the …
Berachiah
(blessed of Jehovah), a Gershonite Levite, father of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 6:39) [Berechiah]
Beraiah
(created by Jehovah), son of Shimhi, a chief man of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:21)
Berea
A city of Macedonia to which Paul with Silas and Timotheus went when persecuted at Thessalonica (Acts 17:10, 13), and from which also he was compelled to withdraw, when he fled to the sea-coast and t…
Berechiah
Blessed by Jehovah. (1.) Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17). (2.) One of the seven Ephraimite chieftains, son of Meshillemoth (2 Chr. 28:12). (3.) The fourth of the …
Bered
Hail. (1.) A town in the south of Palestine (Gen. 16:14), in the desert of Shur, near Lahai-roi. (2.) A son of Shuthelah, and grandson of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20).