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Barabbas

Biblical person

Male - New Testament

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Barak

Biblical character (Judges)

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Barnabas

New Testament

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Bartholomew the Apostle

Christian apostle and martyr

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Bartimaeus

blind man; biblical character (Gospel of Mark)

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Baruch ben Neriah

biblical figure

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Basemath

female human biblical figure, daugher of Ishmael (Genesis 36) or Elon the Hittite (Genesis 26), and the third wife of Esau

Female - Old Testament

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Bathsheba

human biblical figure in 2 Samuel:11:2, Biblical figure

Female - Old Testament

Beburos

Bela ben Beor

king of Edom (Book of Genesis)

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Belshazzar

Biblical king of Babylonia in the Book of Daniel

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Ben-Hadad I

King of Aram Damascus (First Book of Kings)

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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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