Bilhah
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
(Heb. Bilhah', בַּלְהָה , Faltering, i.e. perh. Bashful),' the name of a woman and of a place.
1. (Sept. Βαλλά ) The handmaid ( Genesis 29:29) whom the childless Rachel bestowed as a concubine upon her husband Jacob, that through her she might have children. B.C. 191t. Bilhah thus became the mother of Dan and Naphtali ( Genesis 30:3-8; Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13). Her stepson Reuben afterward lay with her ( Genesis 35:22), B.C. cir. 1890, and thus incurred his father's dying reproof ( Genesis 49:4).
2. (Sept. Βαλαά .) A place belonging to the tribe of Simeon ( 1 Chronicles 4:29), called BALAH (See Balah) (q.v.) in Joshua 19:3; and it seems to be the same which is called Baalah in Joshua 15:29.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
bil´ha (place) ( בּלהה , bilhāh ; Codex Alexandrinus, Βαλαά , Balaá ; Codex Vaticanus, Ἀβελλά , Abellá ): A city in Simeon ( 1 Chronicles 4:29 ) = Baalah ( Joshua 15:29 ), Balah ( Joshua 19:3 ), and Baalath ( Joshua 19:44 ). Unidentified.
