Bilgah

בִּלְגָּה/BIL-guh/

“Cheerfulness”

Summary

The name of two priests: the head of the fifteenth priestly course in David's organization, and a priest who returned from Babylon.

The first Bilgah was the head of the fifteenth division among the twenty-four priestly courses for temple service, as arranged by David.

Key verses:1 Chronicles 24:14

Another Bilgah was a priest (or priestly family) who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. He is perhaps the same as Bilgai who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah.

Key verses:Nehemiah 12:5Nehemiah 12:18Nehemiah 10:8

Nehemiah· 3 verses

1 Chronicles· 1 verse

1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Bilgah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
2.James Orr (ed.), "Bilgah; Bilgai," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).