People: B

A Benjamite, son of Jehiel, the progenitor of the Gibeonites (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36).

Son of Reaia. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 5:5.

An overseer of “the olive trees and sycomore trees in the low plains” (the Shephelah) under David (1 Chr. 27:28).

A king of Edom, son of Achbor (Gen. 36:38, 39; 1 Chr. 1:49, 50).

King of the Ammonites at the time of the Babylonian captivity (Jer. 40:14). He hired Ishmael to slay Gedaliah who had…

Father of Zadok (Neh. 3:4).

One of Solomon’s purveyors (1 Kings 4:12).

The father of Heled, who was one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:29; 1 Chr. 11:30).

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:2.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:27.

Son of Hushai, another of Solomon’s purveyors (1 Kings 4:16).

One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul’s army. He and his brother Rechab assassinated…

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 8:8.

Son of Malchiah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 6:40.

Bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr…

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 9:15.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:51.

Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Nehemiah 11:17.

Lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the…

He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa. 39:1) Merodach-baladan (q.v.).

Empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num. 22:2, 4). From fear of the Israelites, who were…

Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Nehemiah 8:7.

One of David’s thirty-seven warriors, a Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36).

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 9:4.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:34.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:38.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:17.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 9:4.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:14.

Son of Hashabiah. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 11:22.

1 Chr. 6:46.

Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Ezra 2:10.

I.e., son of Abba or of a father, a notorious robber whom Pilate proposed to condemn to death instead of Jesus, whom he…

Whom God has blessed, a Buzite, the father of Elihu, one of Job’s friends (Job 32:2, 6).

Lightning, the son of Abinoam (Judg. 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin.

Fugitive, one of Shemaiah’s five sons. Their father is counted along with them in 1 Chr. 3:22.

Painter, (Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55). The father of some of the Nethinim.

Son of consolation, the surname of Joses, a Levite (Acts 4:36). His name stands first on the list of prophets and…

Surnamed Barsabas (Acts 1:23); also called Justus. He was one of those who “companied with the apostles all the time…

Son of Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles (Matt. 10:3; Acts 1:13); generally supposed to have been the same as…

Son of Timaeus, one of the two blind beggars of Jericho (Mark 10:46; Matt. 20:30). His blindness was miraculously cured…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:6.

Son of Col-hozeh. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 11:5.

Son of Zabbai. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:20.

The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59).

A priest who married a daughter of the preceding (Ezra 2:61).

A Meholathite, the father of Adriel (2 Sam. 21:8).

A Gileadite of Rogelim who was distinguished for his loyalty to David. He liberally provided for the king’s followers…

The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau’s three wives (Gen. 36:3, 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes of the…

Daughter of Solomon. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Kings 4:15.

Daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu’a (1 Chr. 3:5), was the daughter of Eliam (2 Sam. 11:3) or…

Son of Henadad. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:18.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:52.

Whose Lord is Jehovah, a Benjamite, one of David’s thirty heroes of the sling and bow (1 Chr. 12:5).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 8:11.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:15.

Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Ezra 2:11.

Son of Ephraim. Mentioned in 1 verse, Numbers 26:35.

Son of Benjamin. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Genesis 46:21.

Son of Aphiah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Samuel 9:1.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 36:35.

Son of Ulam. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:17.

One of the judges of Israel (1 Sam. 12:11). It is uncertain who he was.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:35.

Son of Zophah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:37.

Son of Baal. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 5:6.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Hosea 1:1.

The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau (Gen. 26:34), the same as Adah (Gen. 36:2).

A son of Azaz (1 Chr. 5:8).

The son of Beor, and a king of Edom (Gen. 36:32, 33; 1 Chr. 1:43).

The eldest son of Benjamin (Num. 26:38; “Belah,” Gen. 46:21).

Bel protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Dan. 5:1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was…

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 15:18.

Son of my kindred; i.e., “born of incest”, the son of Lot by his youngest daughter (Gen. 19:38).

Son of the preceding, also king of Syria. He was long engaged in war against Israel.

King of Damascus, and successor of his father Hazael on the throne of Syria (2 Kings 13:3, 4). His misfortunes in war…

The king of Syria whom Asa, king of Judah, employed to invade Israel (1 Kings 15:18).

Son of Shimon. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:20.

Son of Ishi. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:20.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:35.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:43.

A musical Levite (1 Chr. 15:18, 20).

2 Sam. 23:30; 1 Chr. 11:31.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezekiel 11:1.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:36.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 27:34.

Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Chronicles 31:13.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:25.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:30.

The son of Jeiel (2 Chr. 20:14).

The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites…

Mentioned in 1 verse, 2 Chronicles 17:7.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:13.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:32.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:23.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 12:34.

Son of Bilhan. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:10.

The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and…

Son of Jaaziah. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 24:26.

The father of Bela, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:32).

The father of Balaam (Num. 22:5; 24:3, 15; 31:8). In 2 Pet. 2:15 he is called Bosor.

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…

One of the Benjamite warriors, Saul’s brethren, who joined David when at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3).

Son of Shimhi. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 8:21.

Son of Asa. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 9:16.

Son of Iddo. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Zechariah 1:1.

Son of Meshezabeel. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Nehemiah 3:4.

One of the seven Ephraimite chieftains, son of Meshillemoth (2 Chr. 28:12).

The fourth of the five sons of Zerubbabel, of the royal family of Judah (1 Chr. 3:20).

Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17).

A son of Shuthelah, and grandson of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20).

Son of Zophah. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:36.

A Benjamite who with his brother Shema founded Ajalon and expelled the Gittites (1 Chr. 8:13).

A son of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20-23), born after the slaughter of his brothers, and so called by his father “because it…

Son of Shimei. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 23:10.

One of Asher’s four sons, and father of Heber (Gen. 46:17).

Bearer of victory, the eldest daughter of Agrippa I., the Herod Agrippa of Acts 12:20. After the early death of her…

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:49.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:6.

Son of Eshton. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:12.

The son of Nahor by Milcah; nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Gen. 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24, 47). He appears in…

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:18.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:17.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:30.

In the shadow of God; i.e., “under his protection”, the artificer who executed the work of art in connection with the…

A descendant of Asher (1 Chr. 7:37).

Mentioned in 8 verses, first in 2 Samuel 20:1.

Garden, or gift of fortune, one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains who had charge of the harem of Ahasuerus (Esther…

One of the eunuchs who “kept the door” in the court of Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king’s life.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Ezra 2:2.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:16.

Mentioned in 3 verses, first in Ezra 2:14.

Son of contention, one of Job’s friends. He is called “the Shuhite,” probably as belonging to Shuah, a district in…

The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service (1 Chr. 24:14).

A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:5, 18).

Faltering; bashful, Rachel’s handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob (Gen. 29:29). She was the mother of Dan and Naphtali…

Son of Jediael. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:10.

Son of Ezer. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Genesis 36:27.

Son of the tongue; i.e., “eloquent”, a man of some note who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh…

Son of Japhlet. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:33.

Son of Moza. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 8:37.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 8:33.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:30.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 10:38.

Son of Henadad. Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 3:24.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Nehemiah 10:9.

Son of wickedness, a king of Gomorrah whom Abraham succoured in the invasion of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2).

Daughter of Malchiel. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 7:31.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezra 4:7.

Daughter of Pharaoh. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 4:18.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Esther 1:10.

Chamberlain to king Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:20). Such persons generally had great influence with their masters.

The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the “levirate law” the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the…

Son of Azel. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 8:38.

Mentioned in 2 verses, first in Joshua 15:6.

Son of Jogli. Mentioned in 1 verse, Numbers 34:22.

Son of Abishua. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 6:5.

Son of Heman. Mentioned in 2 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 25:4.

Son of Jerahmeel. Mentioned in 1 verse, 1 Chronicles 2:25.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 10:15.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 11:15.

Mentioned in 1 verse, Nehemiah 9:4.

One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad (1 Chr. 5:14).

The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz (Gen. 22:21). Elihu was one of his descendants (Job 32:2).

Mentioned in 1 verse, Ezekiel 1:3.