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those registered for the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And Up

The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the Benjaminites is Abidan son of Gideoni.

and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

Verse Conceptsdivision

Palti son of Raphu from the tribe of Benjamin;

Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;

The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah’s descendants and Joseph’s descendants.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine Responsibility

These were the cities of the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans:

Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

From the tribe of Benjamin they gave:

Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,

Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this outrage that has occurred among you?

Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the Matrite clan was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they searched for him, they could not find him.

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be Found

When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized 180,000 choice warriors from the entire house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfAssembling IsraelOne Hundred Thousand And MoreReinstating PeopleCivil War

From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had 13 towns in all among their families.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

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for half the tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah;
for Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner;

They said, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

Verse ConceptsHeirsInheritance, MaterialSurvivors Of Israel

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.

Verse ConceptsLargenessRemnantGod With Specific PeopleEighties

“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelCrossing Into The Promised Land

The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of Aaron the priest received 13 cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

We will take 10 men out of every 100 from all the tribes of Israel, and 100 out of every 1,000, and 1,000 out of every 10,000 to get provisions for the people when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for all the horror they did in Israel.”

Verse ConceptsA Tenth Of PeoplePeople Providing Food

The people had compassion on Benjamin, because the Lord had made this gap in the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRegretting

“As for the rest of the tribes:

From the east side to the west, will be Benjamin—one portion.

Verse ConceptsEast And West

For the tribe of the Reubenites and the tribe of the Gadites have received their inheritance according to their ancestral houses, and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.

Verse ConceptsReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

An inheritance belonging to the Israelites must not transfer from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of his ancestral tribe.

Verse ConceptsReal Estate

In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord selects is to come forward clan by clan. The clan the Lord selects is to come forward family by family. The family the Lord selects is to come forward man by man.

Verse ConceptsMorningAdministration

Joshua got up early the next morning. He had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Rose EarlyPeople Of Judah

Across the Jordan east of Jericho, they selected Bezer on the wilderness plateau from Reuben’s tribe, Ramoth in Gilead from Gad’s tribe, and Golan in Bashan from Manasseh’s tribe.

Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordan

The Lord defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 men of Benjamin; all were armed men.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And UpGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleKilling Within Israel

Then Joseph threw his arms around Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.

Verse ConceptsNecksSalutations

Gaddi son of Susi from the tribe of Manasseh (from the tribe of Joseph);

When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him,

Verse ConceptsThe Spirit Of GodCamping During The ExodusSeeing People

But also bring your relatives with you from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, so they may join you and assist you and your sons in front of the tent of the testimony.

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestMinistry, Nature OfParticipation, In Christ

Of the cities that you give from the Israelites’ territory, you should take more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one. Each tribe is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives.”

Verse ConceptsAccording To PeopleFew PeopleMany In Israel

When the Jubilee comes for the Israelites, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.”

Verse ConceptsYear Of Jubilee

Any daughter who possesses an inheritance from an Israelite tribe must marry someone from the clan of her ancestral tribe, so that each of the Israelites will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalIntermarriageFathers And Daughters

And to half the tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of Manasseh’s descendants by their clans, Moses gave

and had 30 sons. He gave his 30 daughters in marriage to men outside the tribe and brought back 30 wives for his sons from outside the tribe. Ibzan judged Israel seven years,

Verse ConceptsdaughtersClansThirtySeven YearsTaking A Wife

If they marry any of the men from the other Israelite tribes, their inheritance will be taken away from our fathers’ inheritance and added to that of the tribe into which they marry. Therefore, part of our allotted inheritance would be taken away.

Verse ConceptsIntermarriageMarriage Between Man And Woman

No inheritance is to transfer from one tribe to another, because each of the Israelite tribes is to retain its inheritance.”

Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

Now choose 12 men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveTwelve Tribes

The remaining descendants of Kohath received 10 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

Verse ConceptsTen Things

Gershon’s descendants received 13 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

In those days, there was no king in Israel, and the Danite tribe was looking for territory to occupy. Up to that time no territory had been captured by them among the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNo King

Saul responded, “Am I not a Benjaminite from the smallest of Israel’s tribes and isn’t my clan the least important of all the clans of the Benjaminite tribe? So why have you said something like this to me?”

Verse ConceptsClansHumilityMinistry, Qualifications ForTimidityMinoritiesSelf AbasementSmall ThingsI Am Unimportant

but one tribe will remain his because of my servant David and because of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidJerusalem, Significance OfFor The Sake Of God's People

But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king’s command was detestable to him.

Verse ConceptsCensus

When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 choice warriors—to fight against Israel to restore the reign to Rehoboam.

Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And More

“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.

Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsSpearsArmor ProtectionArmory

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.

Verse ConceptsPolygamyShrewdness

Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin bearing regular shields and drawing the bow. All these were brave warriors.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalShieldsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesWarriorsTwo Hundred Thousand And MoreThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfForsaking God

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. He renovated the altar of the Lord that was in front of the portico of the Lord’s temple.

Verse ConceptsReformationBraveryThe Altar Of The LordDestruction Of Satan's WorksImmigrants

from Benjamin, Eliada, a brave warrior, and 200,000 with him armed with bow and shield;

Verse ConceptsSoldiersTwo Hundred Thousand And More

Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin;

The descendants of Benjamin: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

Then Amaziah gathered Judah and assembled them according to ancestral house, according to commanders of thousands, and according to commanders of hundreds. He numbered those 20 years old or more for all Judah and Benjamin. He found there to be 300,000 choice men who could serve in the army, bearing spear and shield.

Verse ConceptsMaturity, PhysicalReadinessSpearsWarriorsThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

When all this was completed, all Israel who had attended went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, to the last one. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionHigh PlacesLeaders, PoliticalReformationSacrifice, In OtStonesAnnihilationDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

So they went to Hilkiah the high priest, and gave him the money brought into God’s temple. The Levites and the doorkeepers had collected money from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from the entire remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsRemnantSamaritans

He had all those present in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. So all the inhabitants of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodGuarantee

Benjamin’s descendants by their clans:
the Belaite clan from Bela;
the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel;
the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram;

So the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone God had motivated—prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord’s house in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodPriests, Institution In Ot TimesTribes Of IsraelImpulsesMoving To A New Placejerusalem

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for Yahweh, the God of Israel,

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyRebuilding The Temple

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

Verse ConceptsRainWeather, God's Sovereignty OverMonth 9Groups TremblingWeather Causing Sufferings

Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah;

After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. Beside them Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.

while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem):

Judah’s descendants:

Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of Perez’s descendants;

These were Benjamin’s descendants:

Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah,

The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests living in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In Ot

Benjamin’s descendants:
from Geba, Michmash, Aija,
and Bethel—and its villages,

Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.

Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

He said about Benjamin:

The Lord’s beloved rests securely on Him.
He shields him all day long,
and he rests on His shoulders.

Verse ConceptsSolutions To InsecurityRest, PhysicalSafetyShouldersGod's Love For Israel

Then people will come from the cities of Judah and from the area around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from the Judean foothills, from the hill country and from the Negev bringing burnt offerings and sacrifice, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsThank OfferingThe Shephelah

So Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord’s temple.

Verse ConceptsFloggingGatesNamed Gates

The Jordan formed the border on the east side.

This was the inheritance of Benjamin’s descendants, by their clans, according to its surrounding borders.

Verse ConceptsEastern Borders

Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath—14 cities, with their villages.

This was the inheritance for Benjamin’s descendants by their clans.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfFourteen

“Then my cousin Hanamel came to the guard’s courtyard as the Lord had said and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsNegotiationRedemption, In Everyday Life

Fields will be purchased with silver, the transaction written on a scroll and sealed, and witnesses will be called on in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in Judah’s cities—the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, and the cities of the Negev—because I will restore their fortunes.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsSignaturesThe Shephelah

The flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them in the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, the cities of the Negev, the land of Benjamin—the cities surrounding Jerusalem and Judah’s cities, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHillsThe Shephelah

Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.

Verse ConceptsTaking Possession

But when he was at the Benjamin Gate, an officer of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, and he apprehended Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans.”

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfCaptainsFalse AccusationsNamed GatesTurning Against MenNamed Prophets Of The Lord

But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official employed in the king’s palace, heard Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

Verse ConceptsDungeonseunuchsSittingSitting In The GatewayNamed Gates

Those with their roots in Amalek came from Ephraim;
Benjamin came with your people after you.
The leaders came down from Machir,
and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankRootsStaff

The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly oppressed,

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttacking

So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I went to Gibeah in Benjamin with my concubine to spend the night.

Verse ConceptsStaying Temporarily

The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, rallied 400,000 armed men, every one an experienced warrior.

Verse ConceptsSwordsThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

The men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took their battle positions against Gibeah.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationFighting One Another

Then the Benjaminites realized they had been defeated.

The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah.

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityTrusting Other People

the men of Israel would return to the battle. When Benjamin had begun to strike them down, killing about 30 men of Israel, they said, “They’re defeated before us, just as they were in the first battle.”

Verse ConceptsThirtyKilling Within Israel

But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, Benjamin looked behind them, and the whole city was going up in smoke.

Verse ConceptsLooking Back

Then the men of Israel returned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had struck them.

There were 18,000 men who died from Benjamin; all were warriors.

Verse ConceptsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

Then Benjamin turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel killed 5,000 men on the highways. They overtook them at Gidom and struck 2,000 more dead.

Verse ConceptsTwo ThousandFive ThousandOvertaking

Benjamin returned at that time, and Israel gave them the women they had kept alive from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough for them.

Verse ConceptsShortage Other Than Food

The elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWives For Benjamin

Watch, and when you see the young women of Shiloh come out to perform the dances, each of you leave the vineyards and catch a wife for yourself from the young women of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsWives For Benjamin

There was an influential man of Benjamin named Kish son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjaminite.