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Bealiah (בְּעַלְיָה, Be‘alyah) or Baalyah, a Benjamite, was one of David's thirty heroes who went to Ziklag, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 12:5. The name derives from Baal and Jah, and according to the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) means "Yahweh is Lord."[1]

References

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainEaston, Matthew George (1897). "Bealiah". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

  1. ^ Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "Bealiah" (1915). [1]