Reference: Asher
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The eighth son of Jacob and second of Zilpah, Ge 30:13; 35:26. On entering Canaan his tribe was the fifth in order, numbering fifty-three thousand four hundred. The portion of Asher lay along the seaboard, having Levanon and Zidon on the north, Carmel and the tribe of Issachar on the south, and Zebulun and Naphtali on the east. It was fruitful in grain, wine, oil, and minerals, Ge 49:20; De 33:24-25. How much of the Phoenician coast was included is uncertain, Jos 19:25,28; but the Asherites were unable to expel the Canaanites, and dwelt in part among them, Jg 1:31-32. They are honorably mentioned in the history of David, 1Ch 12:36, and of Hezekiah, 2Ch 30:11.
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And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher.
The sons of Zilpah; Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These the sons of Jacob which were born to him in Paden Aram
From Asher his bread, fat, and he will give the dainties of a king.
And to Asher he said, Asher blessed from sons; he shall be accepted of his brethren, and he dipped his foot in oil. Thy bolt, iron and brass; and as thy days, thy rest.
Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon and Ahlab and Achzib and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob: And the Asherite dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they drove not out
And from Asher those going forth to the army to set the battle in array, forty thousand.
But men from Asher and Manasseh, and from Zebulon, were humbled, and they will come to Jerusalem.
Easton
happy, Jacob's eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah's handmaid (Ge 30:13). Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the list of the tribes (Ge 35:26; 46:17; Ex 1:4, etc.) It increased in numbers twenty-nine percent, during the thirty-eight years' wanderings. The place of this tribe during the march through the desert was between Dan and Naphtali (Nu 2:27). The boundaries of the inheritance given to it, which contained some of the richest soil in Palestine, and the names of its towns, are recorded in Jos 19:24-31; Jg 1:31-32. Asher and Simeon were the only tribes west of the Jordan which furnished no hero or judge for the nation. Anna the prophetess was of this tribe (Lu 2:36).
Illustration: Territory of Asher
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And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher.
The sons of Zilpah; Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These the sons of Jacob which were born to him in Paden Aram
And the sons of Asher: Jimnath and Ishuah and Isui and Beriah, and Sarah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
And they encamping by him, the tribe of Asher: and the chief for the sons of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran.
And the fifth lot came out to the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families. And their bound will be Helkath and Hali, and Beten and Achsaph, read more. And Alammelech and Amad and Mishael; and it struck upon Carmel of the sea, and upon Shihor-Libnah; And turned back upon the rising of the sun to the House of Grain, and struck upon Zebulon and upon the valley of Jiphthahel north of the House of the Plain, and Neiel, and went forth to Cabul from the left And Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, even to great Zidon; And the bound turned back to Ramah and even to the city of the fortress of Tyre; and the bound turned back to Hosah: and its outgoings were the sea from the region of Achzib And Ummah and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities and their enclosures. This the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities and their enclosures.
Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon and Ahlab and Achzib and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob: And the Asherite dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they drove not out
And Anna was a prophetess, daughter of flannel, of the tribe of Aser : she advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;
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ASHER or ASER.
1. Eighth son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid (Ge 30:13). "In my happiness the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher" (happy.) Asher had four sons and one daughter, the heads of families (Nu 26:44-47). At the Exodus they numbered 41,500; at the close of the forty years in the wilderness 53,400. Their allotment was the rich sea coast between Carmel and Lebanon, N. of Manasseh, N.W. of Zebulun and Issachar, and S.W. of Naphtali. The portion near Zidon, Dor, Accho, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, Rehob, they never made themselves masters of (Jg 1:31-32; Jos 19:24-31; 17:10-11.). The southern boundary was a stream S. of Dor (Tantura) flowing into the Mediterranean, Nahr el Defneh or Nahr Zurka. Their land included the maritime portion of the plain of Esdraelon.
Moses' blessing (De 33:24-25) represents Asher "acceptable to his brethren"; but Keil, "favored among his brethren and dipping his feet in oil" (i.e. having a land flowing with oil: Job 29:6), "his shoes" (but Keil translates castle, min'al; Maurer, bolt, i.e. dwelling secured by bolt) "iron and brass" (abounding in these metals, which the Phoenicians manufactured). Contented with the luxuries which nature and intercourse with the enterprising Phoenicians afforded (for already Zidon was "the great" or "the strong"), Asher shrank from jeopardizing life with Zebulun and Naphtali, against Sisera the Canaanite; Asher "abode on the sea shore in his breaches" (creeks) (Jg 5:17-18).
As thy days so shall thy rest (dabeaka) be, Maurer and Keil; but Gesenius, "so shall thy death be" (De 33:24-25). Jacob (Ge 49:20) prophesied: "out of Asher his bread shall be fat (the fat that comes from him shall be his own bread, so fruitful shall be his soil) and he shall yield royal dainties:" fulfilled when Solomon thence supplied King Hiram's household with wheat and oil (1Ki 5:11). Asher's self indulging inertness acted injuriously on his own people. Selfishness and faint heartedness in the Lord's cause became their own punishment.
From being more numerous at mount Sinai than Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin, in David's time they had become so few that Asher's name is omitted from the chief rulers (1Ch 27:16-22). Asherites were among those who came to Jerusalem to Hezekiah's Passover (2Ch 30:11). Asher and Simeon are the only tribes W. of Jordan which produced no hero or judge. (See ANNA, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, in the New Testament alone reflects honor on her tribe (Luke 2).
2. A boundary of Manasseh on the S. (Jos 17:7.) Eusebius places it on the road from Shechem to Bethshean or Scythepills. Porter makes it now Teyasir, three quarters of an hour from Tubas or Thebez. Tel um el Aschera (Van de Velde), Um Ajra; (Robinson and Knobel), an hour S. of Beisan.
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And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher.
And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher.
From Asher his bread, fat, and he will give the dainties of a king.
From Asher his bread, fat, and he will give the dainties of a king.
The sons of Asher according to their families: to Jimna, the families of the Jimnites; to Jesui, the families of the Jesuites; to Beriah, the families of the Beriites.
The sons of Asher according to their families: to Jimna, the families of the Jimnites; to Jesui, the families of the Jesuites; to Beriah, the families of the Beriites. To the sons of Beriah: to Heber, the families of the Heberites; to Malchiel, the families of the Malchielites
To the sons of Beriah: to Heber, the families of the Heberites; to Malchiel, the families of the Malchielites And the name of the daughter of Asher, Sarah.
And the name of the daughter of Asher, Sarah. These the families of the sons of Asher according to their. reviewing; three and fifty thousand and four hundred.
These the families of the sons of Asher according to their. reviewing; three and fifty thousand and four hundred.
And to Asher he said, Asher blessed from sons; he shall be accepted of his brethren, and he dipped his foot in oil.
And to Asher he said, Asher blessed from sons; he shall be accepted of his brethren, and he dipped his foot in oil.
And to Asher he said, Asher blessed from sons; he shall be accepted of his brethren, and he dipped his foot in oil.
And to Asher he said, Asher blessed from sons; he shall be accepted of his brethren, and he dipped his foot in oil. Thy bolt, iron and brass; and as thy days, thy rest.
Thy bolt, iron and brass; and as thy days, thy rest.
Thy bolt, iron and brass; and as thy days, thy rest.
Thy bolt, iron and brass; and as thy days, thy rest.
And the bound of Manasseh will be from Asher to Michmethah, which is upon the face of Shechem; and the bound went to the right hand to the inhabitants of the Fountain of Tappuah.
And the bound of Manasseh will be from Asher to Michmethah, which is upon the face of Shechem; and the bound went to the right hand to the inhabitants of the Fountain of Tappuah.
South, to Ephraim, and north, to Manasseh, and the sea will be his bound; and in Asher they will strike together from the north, and in Issachar from the sunrisings.
South, to Ephraim, and north, to Manasseh, and the sea will be his bound; and in Asher they will strike together from the north, and in Issachar from the sunrisings. And there will be to Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher, the House of Rest, and, her daughters, and Ibleam and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Dor and her daughters, and the inhabitants of En-Dor and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her daughters, three heights.
And there will be to Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher, the House of Rest, and, her daughters, and Ibleam and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Dor and her daughters, and the inhabitants of En-Dor and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her daughters, three heights.
And the fifth lot came out to the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families.
And the fifth lot came out to the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families. And their bound will be Helkath and Hali, and Beten and Achsaph,
And their bound will be Helkath and Hali, and Beten and Achsaph, And Alammelech and Amad and Mishael; and it struck upon Carmel of the sea, and upon Shihor-Libnah;
And Alammelech and Amad and Mishael; and it struck upon Carmel of the sea, and upon Shihor-Libnah; And turned back upon the rising of the sun to the House of Grain, and struck upon Zebulon and upon the valley of Jiphthahel north of the House of the Plain, and Neiel, and went forth to Cabul from the left
And turned back upon the rising of the sun to the House of Grain, and struck upon Zebulon and upon the valley of Jiphthahel north of the House of the Plain, and Neiel, and went forth to Cabul from the left And Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, even to great Zidon;
And Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, even to great Zidon; And the bound turned back to Ramah and even to the city of the fortress of Tyre; and the bound turned back to Hosah: and its outgoings were the sea from the region of Achzib
And the bound turned back to Ramah and even to the city of the fortress of Tyre; and the bound turned back to Hosah: and its outgoings were the sea from the region of Achzib And Ummah and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities and their enclosures.
And Ummah and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities and their enclosures. This the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities and their enclosures.
This the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities and their enclosures.
Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon and Ahlab and Achzib and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob:
Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon and Ahlab and Achzib and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob: And the Asherite dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they drove not out
And the Asherite dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they drove not out
In Gilead beyond Jordan he dwelt; And Dan, wherefore will he sojourn in ships? Asher will dwell by the shore of the seas, And upon his harbors will he dwell.
In Gilead beyond Jordan he dwelt; And Dan, wherefore will he sojourn in ships? Asher will dwell by the shore of the seas, And upon his harbors will he dwell. Zebulon a people reproached his soul to death, And Naphtali upon the heights of the field.
Zebulon a people reproached his soul to death, And Naphtali upon the heights of the field.
And Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand cons of wheat food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil: thus Solomon will give to Hiram year by year.
And Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand cons of wheat food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil: thus Solomon will give to Hiram year by year.
And over the tribes of Israel: for the Reubenites, the leader, Eliezer son of Zichri: for the Simeonites Shephatiah son of Maacah
And over the tribes of Israel: for the Reubenites, the leader, Eliezer son of Zichri: for the Simeonites Shephatiah son of Maacah For the Levites: Hashabiah son of Kemuel: to Aaron: Zadok:
For the Levites: Hashabiah son of Kemuel: to Aaron: Zadok: To Judah: Elihu, from the brethren of David: to Issachar, Omri, son of Michael:
To Judah: Elihu, from the brethren of David: to Issachar, Omri, son of Michael: To Zebulon: Ishmaiah son of Obadiah: to Naphtali: Jerimoth son of Azriel:
To Zebulon: Ishmaiah son of Obadiah: to Naphtali: Jerimoth son of Azriel: To the sons of Ephraim: Hoshea son of Azaziah: to the half tribe of Manasseh: Joel son of Pedaiah:
To the sons of Ephraim: Hoshea son of Azaziah: to the half tribe of Manasseh: Joel son of Pedaiah: To the half of Manasseh-Gilead: Iddo son of Zechariah: to Benjamin: Jaasiel, son of Abner:
To the half of Manasseh-Gilead: Iddo son of Zechariah: to Benjamin: Jaasiel, son of Abner: To Dan: Azriel son of Jeroham. These the chiefs of the tribes of. Israel.
But men from Asher and Manasseh, and from Zebulon, were humbled, and they will come to Jerusalem.
But men from Asher and Manasseh, and from Zebulon, were humbled, and they will come to Jerusalem.
In washing my goings with butter, and the rock will pour out with me streams of oil;
In washing my goings with butter, and the rock will pour out with me streams of oil;
Hastings
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And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher.
And the sons of Asher: Jimnath and Ishuah and Isui and Beriah, and Sarah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
From Asher his bread, fat, and he will give the dainties of a king.
They being reviewed for the tribe of Asher, one and forty thousand and five hundred.
The sons of Asher according to their families: to Jimna, the families of the Jimnites; to Jesui, the families of the Jesuites; to Beriah, the families of the Beriites.
These the families of the sons of Asher according to their. reviewing; three and fifty thousand and four hundred.
And to Asher he said, Asher blessed from sons; he shall be accepted of his brethren, and he dipped his foot in oil.
And the bound of Manasseh will be from Asher to Michmethah, which is upon the face of Shechem; and the bound went to the right hand to the inhabitants of the Fountain of Tappuah.
And there will be to Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher, the House of Rest, and, her daughters, and Ibleam and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Dor and her daughters, and the inhabitants of En-Dor and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her daughters, three heights.
And the fifth lot came out to the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families. And their bound will be Helkath and Hali, and Beten and Achsaph, read more. And Alammelech and Amad and Mishael; and it struck upon Carmel of the sea, and upon Shihor-Libnah; And turned back upon the rising of the sun to the House of Grain, and struck upon Zebulon and upon the valley of Jiphthahel north of the House of the Plain, and Neiel, and went forth to Cabul from the left And Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, even to great Zidon; And the bound turned back to Ramah and even to the city of the fortress of Tyre; and the bound turned back to Hosah: and its outgoings were the sea from the region of Achzib And Ummah and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities and their enclosures.
Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon and Ahlab and Achzib and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob:
Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon and Ahlab and Achzib and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob: And the Asherite dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they drove not out
In Gilead beyond Jordan he dwelt; And Dan, wherefore will he sojourn in ships? Asher will dwell by the shore of the seas, And upon his harbors will he dwell.
And he sent messengers in all Manasseh; and he also will be called after him: and he sent messengers in Asher, and in Zebulon, and in Naphtali; and they will come up to meet them.
And a man of Israel will be called from Naphtali, and from Asher, and from Manasseh, and they will pursue after Midian.
And from Asher those going forth to the army to set the battle in array, forty thousand.
And over the tribes of Israel: for the Reubenites, the leader, Eliezer son of Zichri: for the Simeonites Shephatiah son of Maacah
Smith
Ash'er,
Apocrypha and New Testament, A'ser (blessed), the eighth son of Jacob, by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid.
(B.C. 1753.) The general position of his tribe was on the seashore from Carmel northward with Manasseh on the south, Zebulun and Issachar on the southeast, and Naphtali on the north-east.
and Judg 1:31,32 They possessed the maritime portion of the rich plain of Esdraelon;, probably for a distance of 8 or 10 miles from the shore. This territory contained some of the richest soil in all Palestine.
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And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher.
South, to Ephraim, and north, to Manasseh, and the sea will be his bound; and in Asher they will strike together from the north, and in Issachar from the sunrisings. And there will be to Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher, the House of Rest, and, her daughters, and Ibleam and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Dor and her daughters, and the inhabitants of En-Dor and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her daughters, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her daughters, three heights.
And the fifth lot came out to the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families. And their bound will be Helkath and Hali, and Beten and Achsaph, read more. And Alammelech and Amad and Mishael; and it struck upon Carmel of the sea, and upon Shihor-Libnah; And turned back upon the rising of the sun to the House of Grain, and struck upon Zebulon and upon the valley of Jiphthahel north of the House of the Plain, and Neiel, and went forth to Cabul from the left And Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, even to great Zidon; And the bound turned back to Ramah and even to the city of the fortress of Tyre; and the bound turned back to Hosah: and its outgoings were the sea from the region of Achzib And Ummah and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities and their enclosures. This the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities and their enclosures.
Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon and Ahlab and Achzib and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob: And the Asherite dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they drove not out
Watsons
ASHER, tribe of. The province allotted to this tribe was a maritime one, stretching along the coast from Sidon on the north to Mount Carmel on the south; including the cities Abdon, Achshaph, Accho, Achzib, Sarepta, Sidon, and Tyre. But of the northern half of this territory, that is, from Tyre northward, this tribe never became possessed, not having expelled the Phoenician inhabitants, who are supposed not to have been pure Canaanites, but a mixture of this people with a Cuthite colony from Egypt. Asher was the most northerly of the tribes; and had that of Naphtali on the west, and Zebulun on the south.