be'-la (bela`, "destruction"; the King James Version Belah,Ge 46:21):
(1) Bela, the son of Beor, was the first king of Edom previous to the kingdom of Israel and reigned in the city of Dinhabah (Ge 36:32f; 1Ch 1:43f). Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus, Balak.
(2) Bela, the firstborn son of Benjamin (Ge 46:21;1Ch 7:6f; 1Ch 8:1). He was the head of the family of the Belaites (Nu 26:38), the father of Addar (called Ard,Nu 26:40), Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, Gera, Shephuphan (compare Shephupham,Nu 26:39), Huram (1Ch 8:3-5;Nu 26:40).
(3) Bela, a son of Azaz, of the tribe of Reuben, was a man of great power and wealth. His possessions reached from Nebo to the Euphrates (1Ch 5:8ff).
A. L. Breslich