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Bezai

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Smith's 1863ISBE 19153 verse references

Smith's 1863

(conqueror). "Children of Bezai," to the number of 328, returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:17; Nehemiah 7:23; 10:18)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

be'-za-i (betsay, "shining"(?)):

(1) A chief who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant (Ne 10:18).

(2) The descendants of Bezai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (323, Ezr 2:17; 324, Ne 7:23 = Bassai, 1 Esdras 5:16).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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