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Benjamin

Biblical character, youngest son of Jacob

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Bera

Biblical king of Sodom (Genesis 14)

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Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa)

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Bethuel

biblical character

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Bezalel

biblical character

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Bezaliel

figure in the Book of Enoch

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Biblical Magi

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Bigthan

one of the eunuchs in service of the Persian king Ahasuerus, according to the Book of Esther

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Bildad

character from Book of Job

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Bilhah

biblical character

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Bithiah

adoptive mother of the prophet Moses

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Blastus

Biblical character (Acts of the Apostles)

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The Bible is replete with complex and interesting characters. They have their place in Judeo-Christian history, in the lessons of the bible, and in greater western literature, where references to them are numerous.

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