Benjamin in the Bible
Meaning: son of the right hand
Exact Match
When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem,
“Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people:
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
He also put large shields and spears in each and every city to make them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
Rehoboam also showed discernment by dispersing some of his sons to all the regions of Judah and Benjamin and to all the fortified cities. He gave them plenty of provisions and sought many wives for them.
Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah bearing large shields and spears,
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with 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,
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim.
Then he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, as well as those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for they had defected to him from Israel in great numbers when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to their fathers' houses, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the sacred pillars in pieces, and cut down the idol poles, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And 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
The number of them by their genealogies by generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All these were the sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, 17,200, able and fit for service in war. Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim 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 their number was 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 boundary extended from there, and turning about on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south opposite Beth-horon, it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the tribe of Judah. This formed the western side [of Benjamin's territory]. The southern side began at the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the boundary went on westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. Then the boundary went down to the edge of the mountain overlooking the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim; and it descended to the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and went on down to En-rogel. Then it bent toward the north and went on to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, which was opposite the ascent of Adummim, and went down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. And it went on to the north of the shoulder [of Beth]-Arabah and down to the Arabah. Then the boundary passed along to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah and ended at the northern bay of the Salt [Dead] Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern border. And the Jordan was its boundary on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin by their boundaries round about, according to their families. Now the cities of the tribe of Benjamin according to [their] families were: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages; Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite [city] -- "that is, Jerusalem -- "Gibeah, and Kiriath-[jearim]; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe 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
“Benjamin is a
In the morning he devours the prey,
And at night 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
“So the Lord alone led him;
There was no foreign god with him.
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
“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,
After you, Benjamin, with your relatives;
From Machir came down commanders and rulers,
And from Zebulun those who
Benjamin » Tribe of » Did not exterminate the jebusites
Benjamin » Tribe of » Jerusalem within the territory of
Out of the midst of Jerusalem!
And blow a trumpet in Tekoa [in Judah]
And raise a signal-fire in Beth-haccherem [near Jerusalem];
For evil is looking down [with eager anticipation] from the north,
And great destruction.
Benjamin » Tribe of » Census of » At sinai
Benjamin » Tribe of » Saints of, seen in john's vision
twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, and twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed (marked, redeemed, protected).
jacob » His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons » Benjamin
“Benjamin is a
In the morning he devours the prey,
And at night he divides the spoil.”