Meaning
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) [ZOAR ]
2. Son of Beor, who reigned over Edom in the city of Dinhabah, eight generations before Saul. (Genesis 1:36-33; 1Chr 1:43; 1Chr 1:44)
3. Eldest son of Benjamin, according to (Genesis 46:21) (Authorized Version "Belah"); (Num 26:38; Num 26:40; 1Chronicles 7:6; 8:1) and head of the family of the Belaites.
4. Son of Ahaz, a Reubenite. (1Chronicles 5:8)
