Bilshan

Mentioned in 444 BC traditional (Jones)

Son of the tongue; i.e., “eloquent”, a man of some note who returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Tagged in: 2 verses

Mentioned in the era of Exile and return, 586–5 BC.
Named in the same verses as Baanah, Bigvai, Joshua, Mispereth, Mordecai, Nehemiah, Reelaiah, and Rehum.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 469–419 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

2 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

Ezra1
Nehemiah1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Bilshan 2
KJV	Bilshan 2
ASV	Bilshan 2

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Ezra1 verse

2:2
accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

Nehemiah1 verse

7:7
accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.