Thematic Bible: The tribe of Asher


Thematic Bible



Out of Asher, fatness, is his feed, - So, he, setteth forth dainties for a king.

And, of Asher, he said, Most blessed of sons, be Asher, - Let him have the goodwill of his brethren, And let him dip, in oil, his foot: Iron and bronze, be thy sandals, And, as thy days, be thy strength.


The sons of Asher, Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi and Beriah, - and Serah their sister. And, the sons of Beriah, Heber, and Malchiel, - the same, was the father of Birzaith. And, Heber, begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, - and, Shua, their sister. read more.
And, the sons of Japhlet, Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These, were the sons of Japhlet. And, the sons of Shemer, Ahi, and Rohgah, Jahbah, and Aram. And, the sons of Helem, his brother, Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh and Amal. The sons of Zophah, Suah and Harnepher, and Shual and Beri, and Imrah, - Bezer and Hod, and Shamma and Shilshah, and Ithran and Beera. And, the sons of Jether, Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. And, the sons of Ulla, Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. All these, were sons of Asher, chiefs of the ancestral house, choice men, heroes of great valour, chiefs of the leaders, - and, when they registered themselves, in host, for war, the number of the men, was twenty-six thousand.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; - the same, advanced in many days; having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,


the standard of the camp of Dan, north-wards by their hosts, even the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai:

Then they who encamp by him the tribe of Asher, - even the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;


and the boundary turneth to Ramah, and as far as the city of the fortress of Tyre, - then the boundary turneth to Hosah, and so the extensions thereof are, on the west, from Hebel to Achzib;

Gilead, beyond the Jordan, took his rest, but, Dan, wherefore remained he with the ships? Asher, abode by the shore of the seas, and, by his creeks, must needs rest.


Messengers also, sent he throughout all Manasseh, and, they also, were gathered after him, - messengers also, sent he throughout Asher, and throughout Zebulun, and throughout Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.

And the men of Israel were called together, out of Naphtali and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, - and pursued Midian.


Howbeit, some, out of Asher and Manasseh and out of Zebulun, humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.


And, of Asher, such as were ready to go forth in host to set in array for battle, forty thousand.


and, these, shall stand by the curse in Mount Ebal, - Reuben Gad and Asher, and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali.


Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, bringing up the rear of all the camps, by their hosts, - and over his own host, Ahiezur, son of Ammishaddai; and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;


And Zilpah, Leah's handmaid bare a second son to Jacob; and Leah said, For my happiness, surely happy have daughters pronounced me. So she called his name, Asher.


The sons of Asher, by their families: To Imnah, pertained the family of the Imnites, To Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites, - To Beriah, the family of the Beriites; To the sons of Beriah, To Heber, pertained the family of the Heberites, To Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites; And, the name of the daughter of Asher, was Serah. read more.
These, are the families of the sons of Asher as to them who were numbered of them, - fifty-three thousand and four hundred.


On the eleventh day, the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran; one choice young bullock, one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice; and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year, - this, was the offering of Pagiel, son of Ochran.


Of the sons of Asher, in their pedigrees - by their families by their ancestral houses, - in the counting of names, from twenty years old, and upwards, every one able to go forth to war; such as were numbered of them as belonging to the tribe of Asher, forty-one thousand, and five hundred.


Then came out the fifth lot, for the tribe of the sons of Asher, by their families. And their boundary was, - Helkath and Hali, and Beten and Achshaph, and Allam-melech and Amad, and Mishal, - and it toucheth Carmel to the west, and Shihor-libnath; read more.
and it turneth toward sun-rise - to Beth-dagon, and toucheth Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-el northward, and Beth-emek, and Neiel; and goeth out unto Cabul, on the left, and Ebron and Rehob, and Hammon and Kanah, - as far as Zidon the populous; and the boundary turneth to Ramah, and as far as the city of the fortress of Tyre, - then the boundary turneth to Hosah, and so the extensions thereof are, on the west, from Hebel to Achzib; Ummah also and Aphek, and Rehob, - twenty-two cities, with their villages, This, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher, by their families, - these cities, with their villages.


Asher, dispossessed not the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, - nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob; but the Asherites dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, - for they dispossessed them not.


Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, son of Michael;


And, for the tribe of the sons of Asher, a prince, - Ahihud son of Shelomi:


These, are the families of the sons of Asher as to them who were numbered of them, - fifty-three thousand and four hundred.


Of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;


Banna son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth;


Gilead, beyond the Jordan, took his rest, but, Dan, wherefore remained he with the ships? Asher, abode by the shore of the seas, and, by his creeks, must needs rest.