Benjamin in the Bible
Meaning: son of the right hand
Exact Match
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men apt for war, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
and Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
and in every several city, targets and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance. And he desired for them a multitude of wives.
And it came to pass that, Asa, had a force bearing shield and spear, out of Judah, three hundred thousand, and, out of Benjamin, such as bare a buckler and trode a bow, two hundred and eighty thousand, - all these, were heroes of valour.
So he went forth to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, - Yahweh, is with you, so long as ye are with him, and, if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but, if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
"Listen to me, Asa, Judah, and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will allow you to find him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you. Israel lived for years without the true God, priests to teach them, and the Law,
And, when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured out of the hill country of Ephraim, - and renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
And he gathered together all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them, out of Ephraim and out of Manasseh, and out of Simeon, - for they fell unto him out of Israel, in great numbers, because they saw that, Yahweh his God, was with him.
And, out of Benjamin, a hero of valour, Eliada, - and, with him, armed with bow and buckler, two hundred thousand;
And Amaziah gathered Judah together and arranged them according to the fathers' houses, according to the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able for military service, that could handle spear and target.
Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah,
They came to
Moreover, he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand with him. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
Thematic Bible
Benjamin » Gate » Jerusalem gate
Benjamin » Tribe of » Skill in archery and as slingers of stones
Benjamin » Tribe of » Clans of
They were enrolled by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 mighty men of valor. The son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,200 mighty men of valor, who were ready to go out with the army to war. Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim was the son of Aher.
Benjamin » Tribe of » Loyal to ish-bosheth, the son of saul
Benjamin » Son of jacob by rachel » Descendants of
These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,600.
Benjamin » Tribe of » Saul, the first king of israel, from
Benjamin » Tribe of » Loyal to rehoboam
Benjamin » Tribe of » Subsequently joins david
Benjamin » Son of jacob by rachel
Benjamin » Son of jacob by rachel » Taken into egypt
Benjamin » Tribe of » Paul, of the tribe of
Benjamin » Tribe of » A company of, joins david at ziklag
Benjamin » Tribe of » Allotment in the land of canaan
The border extended from there and turned round on the west side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side. Then the south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went westward and went to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah. The border went down to the edge of the hill which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel. It extended northward and went to En-shemesh and went to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. It continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward and went down to the Arabah. The border continued to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border. Moreover, the Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, according to their families and according to its borders all around. Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-keziz, and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel, and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah, and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages. Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth, and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah, and Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah, and Zelah, Haeleph and the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.
Benjamin » Tribe of » Position of, in camp and march
Benjamin » Tribe of » Did not avenge the crime of the gibeonites against the levite's concubine, the war that followed
Benjamin » Tribe of » Reallotment
Benjamin » Tribe of » Military forces of » During the reign of jehoshaphat
Benjamin » A son of harim
Benjamin » Son of jacob by rachel » Prophecy concerning
In the morning he devours the prey,
And in the evening he divides the spoil.”
Benjamin » Tribe of » Not enrolled by joab when he took a census of the military forces of israel
Benjamin » Tribe of » Its rank during the time of samuel
Benjamin » Tribe of » Moses' benediction upon
Benjamin » Tribe of » Military forces of » During the reign of asa
Benjamin » Tribe of » Census of » On the plain of moab
Benjamin » Jew » Purified » Jerusalem walls
Benjamin » Grandson of benjamin
Benjamin » A son of harim » Probably identical with the man mentioned in
Benjamin » Tribe of » Return to palestine from the exile in babylon
Benjamin » Tribe of » Territory of, invaded by the ammonites
Benjamin » Tribe of » Join deborah in the war against sisera
Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples;
From Machir commanders came down,
And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of
Benjamin » Tribe of » Did not exterminate the jebusites
Benjamin » Tribe of » Jerusalem within the territory of
From the midst of Jerusalem!
Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa
And raise a signal over
For evil looks down from the
And a great destruction.
Benjamin » Tribe of » Census of » At sinai
Benjamin » Tribe of » Saints of, seen in john's vision
jacob » His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons » Benjamin
In the morning he devours the prey,
And in the evening he divides the spoil.”