BILGAH

(Bilʹgah) [Brightening].

1. Head of the 15th of the 24 priestly service divisions when David reorganized the sanctuary service.​—1Ch 24:1, 3, 14.

2. A priest who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in 537 B.C.E. (Ne 12:1, 5, 7) In the following generation the head of his paternal house was Shammua.​—Ne 12:12, 18, 26.