Bela
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(destruction).
• 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) [Zoar]
• 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)
• Eldest son of Benjamin, according to (Genesis 46:21) (Authorized Version “Belah”); (Numbers 26:38,40; 1 Chronicles 7:6; 8:1) and head of the family of the Belaites.
• Son of Ahaz, a Reubenite. (1 Chronicles 5:8)
See also: zoar
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
A thing swallowed. (1.) A city on the shore of the Dead Sea, not far from Sodom, called also Zoar. It was the only one of the five cities that was spared at Lot’s intercession (Gen. 19:20, 23). It is first mentioned in Gen. 14:2, 8.
(2.) The eldest son of Benjamin (Num. 26:38; “Belah,” Gen. 46:21).
(3.) The son of Beor, and a king of Edom (Gen. 36:32, 33; 1 Chr. 1:43).
(4.) A son of Azaz (1 Chr. 5:8).
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