Be'la. (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; Genesis 19:22. See Zoar.

2. Son of Beor, who reigned over Edom, in the city of Dinhabah, eight generations before Saul. Genesis 36:31-33; 1 Chronicles 1:43-44.

3. Eldest son of Benjamin, according to Genesis 46:21, (Authorized Version, "Belah"); Numbers 26:38; Numbers 26:40; 1 Chronicles 7:6; 1 Chronicles 8:1 and head of the family of the Belaites.

4. Son of Ahaz, a Reubenite. 1 Chronicles 5:8.