Zebulun in the Bible

Meaning: dwelling; habitationpar

Exact Match

“God has given me a good gift,” Leah said. “This time my husband will honor me because I have borne six sons for him,” and she named him Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodPeople With Apt Names

Leah’s sons were Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn),
Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Issachar, and Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornFirstborn Sons

Zebulun will live by the seashore
and will be a harbor for ships,
and his territory will be next to Sidon.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringMediterranean SeaShipsSeashoresLiving In The Land

Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand

Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The Week

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

These families of the descendants of Zebulun numbered 60,500.

Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

These [tribes] shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce the curse [for disobedience]: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, when you go outside, and Issachar, when you are in your tents.

The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans. The border of their territory extended to Sarid.

Verse ConceptsThird Person

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

It turned eastward toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El to the north, as well as the Valley of Emek and Neiel, and extended to Cabul on the north

It turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, extended from there to Hukok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and the Jordan on the east.

Merari's descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.

Verse ConceptsLiving TogetherForced Labour

She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him, "Is it not true that the Lord God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun!

Verse ConceptsDeborahTens Of Thousands

Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; Deborah went up with him as well.

Verse ConceptsFighting TogetherTens Of Thousands

They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek, they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer's staff.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankRootsStaff

The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.

Verse ConceptsCourage, Examples OfLife DespisedRisking

He sent messengers throughout Manasseh and summoned them to follow him as well. He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet him.

Verse ConceptsMessenger

Elon, who was from Zebulun, judged Israel after Ibzan. He judged Israel 10 years,

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen YearsJudging Israel

Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

These, are the sons of Israel, - Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;

To the children of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Verse ConceptsThe Number Twelve

To the children of Merari that remained were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono and its suburbs, and Tabor and its suburbs;

Of Zebulun - such as were ready to go forth in host, expert for battle with all weapons of war, fifty thousand, - and for setting in array, not of two minds!

Verse ConceptsLoyaltyFifty To Ninety ThousandWhole HeartednessMind Battlestraining

Moreover also, they who were near of kin unto them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing bread, on asses and on camels and on mules and on oxen, meal-food, cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep - in abundance, - for there was joy Israel.

Verse ConceptsMulesFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsOilSheepWine

Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah, son of Obadiah. Of Naphtali, Jeremoth, son of Azriel.

And the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun; but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.

Verse ConceptsLaughterRejection Of GodResentment, Against GodRejection Of Spiritual InstructionTownInfidelity To God

Nevertheless certain of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsHumilityReligious Awakenings

For a multitude of the people, many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, and they ate the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them saying, Jehovah, who is good, forgive every one

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness Of


The youngest is there, Benjamin, ruling them,
The princes of Judah and their company [the southern tribes],
The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali [the northern tribes].

Verse ConceptsPrincesMinoritiesThe Youngest Child

But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time hath he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

Verse ConceptsHumilityComing Out Of DarknessDespair

And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun one.

Verse ConceptsEast And West

And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad one.

Verse ConceptsEast And West

And at the south side four thousand and five hundred cubits by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.

Verse ConceptsCity GatesMeasuring Jerusalem And The LandThree Parts Of Constructions

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee; ??13 he left Nazaret and settled at Capharnahum beside the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali

Verse ConceptsMonotonyPrisonersTelling Of Happeningsjail

And leaving Nazareth, he went [and] lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Verse Conceptslakes

"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, {toward the sea}, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--

Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordancrusades

of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

Verse Concepts144,000

Thematic Bible



Zebulun will live by the coast. He will have ships by the coast. His border will go as far as Sidon.


They came from Ephraim to the valley. They were behind the tribe of Benjamin and its people. The commanders came down from Machir. The officers came down from Zebulun.


She sent for Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him: Has Jehovah the God of Israel commanded, saying: 'Go and deploy troops at mount Tabor. Take ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

From the tribe of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand skilled warriors. They were fully armed and prepared for battle and completely loyal to David.

He sent messengers throughout the territory of both parts of Manasseh to call them to follow him. He sent messengers to the tribes of Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they also came to join him.

Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

O land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the road of the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the nations!

Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became forced laborers.


Zebulun will live by the coast. He will have ships by the coast. His border will go as far as Sidon.

The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

Leah said: God has presented me with a wonderful gift. This time my husband will honor me, because I have given him six sons. So she named him Zebulun.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

The sons of Leah were Jacob's firstborn Reuben, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.


Zebulun will live by the coast. He will have ships by the coast. His border will go as far as Sidon.

Leah said: God has presented me with a wonderful gift. This time my husband will honor me, because I have given him six sons. So she named him Zebulun.

The sons of Leah were Jacob's firstborn Reuben, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.


He left Nazareth to reside at Capernaum, a town by Lake Galilee, in the districts of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Zebulun will live by the coast. He will have ships by the coast. His border will go as far as Sidon.

The third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid: Their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam. It turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising to the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goes out to Daberath, and goes up to Japhia, read more.
From there it passed on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goes out to Remmon-methoar to Neah. And the border goes around it on the north side to Hannathon: and it ends in the valley of Jipthah-el: Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.


The Merarites (the rest of the Levites)) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they received Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands,

The rest of the Levites, the clan of Merari, received from the territory of Zebulun four cities: Jokneam, Kartah, Dimnah, and Nahalal, with pasturelands.


The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

The families descended from Zebulun were the family of Sered, the family of Elon, and the family of Jahleel. These were the families of Zebulun. The total number of men was sixty thousand five hundred.


In the days of Pekah king of Israel Tiglathpileser king of Assyria captured Ijon and Abelbethmaacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali. He took the people captive to Assyria.

There will be no more gloom for those who were suffering. In the past he humiliated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future he will honor Galilee of the Nations, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan.


They were in the same order each time they moved. Those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Judah started out first, company by company, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

On the east side, facing the rising sun, the armies led by Judah will camp under their flag. The leader for the people of Judah is Nahshon, son of Amminadab.

Then will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader for the people of Zebulun is Eliab, son of Helon.

Eliab son of Helon was in command of the tribe of Zebulun.


She sent for Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him: Has Jehovah the God of Israel commanded, saying: 'Go and deploy troops at mount Tabor. Take ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

They came from Ephraim to the valley. They were behind the tribe of Benjamin and its people. The commanders came down from Machir. The officers came down from Zebulun.

The people of Zebulun and Naphtali risked their lives on the battlefield.

Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men under his command. Deborah went with him.


From the tribe of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand skilled warriors. They were fully armed and prepared for battle and completely loyal to David.

All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king of Israel. In fact, all Israel agreed that David should be their king. They feasted and drank with David for three days. Their relatives had made preparations for their arrival. People from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. Vast supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine; olive oil, cattle, and sheep were brought to the celebration. There was great joy throughout the land of Israel


Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

Many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not made themselves clean. So they ate the Passover, but not in the way the written instructions said they should. Hezekiah prayed for them: May Jehovah forgive everyone


Rejoice Zebulun in your going out. And rejoice Issachar in your tents. They will call peoples to the mountain. There they will offer righteous sacrifices. They will draw out the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.


Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became forced laborers.


O land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the road of the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the nations!


He sent messengers throughout the territory of both parts of Manasseh to call them to follow him. He sent messengers to the tribes of Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they also came to join him.


Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.


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