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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71882" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71882" /> == | ||
<p> '''Be'ra.''' ''( | <p> '''Be'ra.''' ''(Son Of Evil).'' King of Sodom. Genesis 14:2; Genesis 14:17; Genesis 14:21. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49906" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49906" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> BERA </strong> . King of [[Sodom]] at time of Chedorlaomer’s invasion ( [[Genesis]] 14:2 ). </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15682" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15682" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_24526" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_24526" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. id. בֶּרִע, '' | <p> (Heb. id. בֶּרִע, ''Gift,'' otherwise ''Excellence,'' but more prob. for בֶּןאּרִע, son of evil; Sept. Βαλλά; Josephus, Βαλλάς, ''Ant.'' 1, 9, 1), king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the five kings under [[Chedorlaomer]] (q.v.), which was repelled by [[Abraham]] ( Genesis 14:2; also 17 and 21). B.C. cir. 2077. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1459" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1459" /> == | ||
<p> '''''bē´ra''''' ( בּרע , <i> '''''bera‛''''' </i> , "gift"(?); compare <i> | <p> '''''bē´ra''''' ( בּרע , <i> '''''bera‛''''' </i> , "gift"(?); compare <i> HPN </i> , 74 note): King of Sodom ( Genesis 14:2 ) who in the battle of [[Siddim]] was subdued by Chedorlaomer. </p> | ||
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