Thematic Bible: The tribe of Asher


Thematic Bible



Asher’s food will be rich,
and he will produce royal delicacies.
Verse ConceptsRich Foodroyalty

He said about Asher: May Asher be the most blessed of the sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in [olive] oil. May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and your strength last as long as you live.

Asher's sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah. Beriah's sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, with their sister Shua. read more.
Japhlet's sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons. Shemer's sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. His brother Helem's sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. Zophah's sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. Jether's sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. Ulla's sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. All these were Asher's sons. They were the heads of their ancestral houses, chosen men, warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, Verse ConceptsProphetessSeven YearsAgeWaiting Till Marriagemumsmarraigematrimonyvirginity

Dan’s military divisions will camp on the north side under their banner. The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelFlags

The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ochran.

The boundary then turned to Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre; it turned back to Hosah and ended at the sea, including Mahalab, Achzib,

Gilead remained beyond the Jordan.
Dan, why did you linger at the ships?
Asher remained at the seashore
and stayed in his harbors.
Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsSeashoresBeyond JordanReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

He sent messengers throughout all of Manasseh, who rallied behind him. He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, who also came to meet him. Verse ConceptsMessenger

Then the men of Israel were called from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.

But some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsHumilityReligious Awakenings

From Asher: 40,000 who could serve in the army, trained for battle.
Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And Up

And these tribes will stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

The military divisions of the camp of Dan with their banner set out, serving as rear guard for all the camps, and Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over Dan's division. Pagiel son of Ochran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

When Leah's slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, Leah said, "I am happy that the women call me happy," so she named him Asher.

Asher's descendants by their clans: the Imnite clan from Imnah; the Ishvite clan from Ishvi; the Beriite clan from Beriah. From Beriah's descendants: the Heberite clan from Heber; the Malchielite clan from Malchiel. And the name of Asher's daughter was Serah. read more.
These were the Asherite clans [numbered] by their registered men: 53,400.

On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ochran, leader of the Asherites, [presented an offering]. His offering was one silver dish weighing three and a quarter pounds and one silver basin weighing one and three-quarter pounds, [measured] by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense; read more.
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ochran.

The descendants of Asher: 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, those registered for the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher's descendants by their clans. Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal and reached westward to Carmel and Shihor-libnath. read more.
It turned eastward to Beth-dagon, passed Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-el, north toward Beth-emek and Neiel, and went north to Cabul, Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon. The boundary then turned to Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre; it turned back to Hosah and ended at the sea, including Mahalab, Achzib, Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob-22 cities, with their villages. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Asher's descendants by their clans, these cities with their villages.

Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco or of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob. The Asherites lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, because they failed to drive them out.

Sethur son of Michael from the tribe of Asher;

Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher;

These were the Asherite clans numbered by their registered men: 53,400. Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand

Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher;

Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

Gilead remained beyond the Jordan.
Dan, why did you linger at the ships?
Asher remained at the seashore
and stayed in his harbors.
Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsSeashoresBeyond JordanReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

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