Beelsarus

== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BEELSARUS ( 1E Esther 5:8 ). One of the leaders of those Jews who returned to Jerus. with Zerub.; called Bilshan , Ezra 2:2 , Nehemiah 7:7 .

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

bē̇ -el´sa -rus , bē̇ -el -sā´rus ( Βεελσάρος , Beelsáros ): One who accompanied Zerubbabel in the return from the captivity (1 Esdras 5:8), called Bilshan in Ezra 2:2 and Nehemiah 7:7 .

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(Βεέλσαρος ), one of the chief Israelites ("guides") that returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:8); evidently the BILSHAN (See Bilshan) (q.v.) of the genuine texts (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7).