Thematic Bible: Benjamin


Thematic Bible



When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans." Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfCaptainsFalse AccusationsNamed GatesTurning Against MenNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the LORD. Verse ConceptsFloggingGatesNamed Gates

When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern--the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate-- Verse ConceptsDungeonseunuchsSittingSitting In The GatewayNamed Gates

The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses. Verse ConceptsTowersWinepressNamed GatesTreading Grapes

They were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul's kinsmen. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSlingsStonesWarriorsLeft HandedThrowing StonesArrows

The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, 150. All these were Benjaminites. Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenArchers, In ArmiesWarriors

Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. Verse ConceptsHandsTaxationTributesAnswered PrayerLeft Handed

Among all these were 700 chosen men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. Verse ConceptsHairsHandsSlingsStonesWarriorsAccuracyAmbidextrousSeven To Nine HundredLeft HandedThrowing StonesSlinging StonesOther References To HairMissing The MarkHair

The sons of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers' houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034. The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. read more.
And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And 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 warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher.

and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel. Verse ConceptsMaking KingsNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

Then they arose and passed over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

But the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin 360 of Abner's men. Verse ConceptsThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveKilling Within Israel

Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the majority had to that point kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. Verse ConceptsCoronationsThree Thousand And Up

And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. Verse ConceptsTribes Of Israel

The sons of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. read more.
These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were 45,600.

There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth.

When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, "Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people." Verse ConceptsCivil authoritiesChoices

Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot; and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found.

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfAssembling IsraelOne Hundred Thousand And MoreReinstating PeopleCivil War

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And More

Abner also spoke to Benjamin. And then Abner went to tell David at Hebron all that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin thought good to do.

And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, from Bahurim, hurried to come down with the men of Judah to meet King David. And with him were a thousand men from Benjamin. And Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, with his fifteen sons and his twenty servants, rushed down to the Jordan before the king,


The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. Verse ConceptsAcceptance, From GodAcceptance, divineAbraham, Family And DescendantsGod Not ForsakingFar Be It!Prayer For Jerusalemisrael

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalDay 8ScholarsLess Than A Year OldTaking The Law To HeartJewszealots

Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men who helped him in war. They were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul's kinsmen.

And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

The lot of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to its clans came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the people of Judah and the people of Joseph. On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan. Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-aven. From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon. read more.
Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side. And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. And the boundary goes from there to Ephron,to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to En-rogel. Then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-shemesh, and from there goes to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim. Then it goes down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, and passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah it goes down to the Arabah. Then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah. And the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. The Jordan forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin, according to their clans, boundary by boundary all around. Now the cities of the tribe of the people of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba--twelve cities with their villages: Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath-jearim--fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.

"On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud, Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelWest SidesFlags

Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni,

"As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west, Benjamin, one portion. Verse ConceptsEast And West

Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men armed with bow and shield; Verse ConceptsSoldiersTwo Hundred Thousand And More

Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil." Verse ConceptsWolvesIn The MorningDividing PlunderFierce Men

But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab. Verse ConceptsCensus

Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?" Verse ConceptsClansHumilityMinistry, Qualifications ForTimidityMinoritiesSelf AbasementSmall ThingsI Am Unimportant

the LORD alone guided him, no foreign god was with him. Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingGuidance, Examples Of God'sForeign ThingsGod Alone

And Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah, armed with large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin that carried shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalShieldsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesWarriorsTwo Hundred Thousand And MoreThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were 45,600. Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And Up

Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah repaired beside his own house.

Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodPriests, Institution In Ot TimesTribes Of IsraelImpulsesMoving To A New Placejerusalem

And the Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttacking

From Ephraim their root they marched down into the valley, following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen; from Machir marched down the commanders, and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant's staff; Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankRootsStaff

But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfZion, As A PlacePowerlessnessNot Driving Them OutUnable To ExpelWhere People Live To This Day

Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction. Verse ConceptsSafetyTrumpetBeaconsOut Of The NorthTrumpets For BattleNatural Disasters

those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And Up

12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed. Verse Concepts144,000

"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil." Verse ConceptsWolvesIn The MorningDividing PlunderFierce Men

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Then they journeyed from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and she had hard labor. And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for you have another son." And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;but his father called him Benjamin.

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