Thematic Bible: The tribe of Asher


Thematic Bible



Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield delight unto the king.

And to Asher he said, Asher, more blessed than the sons, shall be acceptable unto his brethren and shall dip his foot in oil. Thy locks shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.


The sons of Asher: Imnah, Isuah, Ishuai, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzavith. And Heber begat Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. read more.
The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. And the sons of Shamer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. And the sons of Ulla: Arah, Haniel, and Rezia. All these were sons of Asher, heads of their father's houses, chosen, mighty men of valour, heads of princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of those that were apt for war and for battle was twenty-six thousand men.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was of a great age and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,


The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the Aquilon by their hosts and the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

Next to him shall camp those of the tribe of Asher and the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ocran.


and this border turns from there to Horma and to the strong city of Zor; ; and this border turns to Hosah and comes out to the sea from the stronghold of Achzib,

Gilead remained on the other side of the Jordan, and why did Dan remain next to the ships? Asher continued on the sea shore and remained in his breaches.


And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh who also joined with him; likewise he sent messengers unto Asher and unto Zebulun and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali and out of Asher and out of all Manasseh and pursued after the Midianites.


Nevertheless, some men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.


And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.


And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal to pronounce the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.


Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan set forward according to their armies, gathering together all the camps, and over his host was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel, the son of Ocran.


And Zilpah, Leah's maid, gave birth to a second son unto Jacob. And Leah said, Blessed am I, for the daughters will call me blessed; and she called his name Asher.


The sons of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. read more.
These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those numbered; fifty-three thousand four hundred.


On the eleventh day Pagiel, the son of Ocran, prince of the sons of Asher. His offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a present; one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; read more.
one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, as a burnt offering; one he goat as the sin; and for a sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Pagiel, the son of Ocran.


Of the sons of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.


And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families. And their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, Alammelech, Amad, and Misheal, and reaches to Carmel westward and to Shihorlibnath read more.
and turns toward the sunrising to Bethdagon and reaches to Zebulun and to the valley of Jiphthahel to the north, to Bethemek, and to Neiel, and goes out to Cabul on the left hand, and includes Abran, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; and this border turns from there to Horma and to the strong city of Zor; ; and this border turns to Hosah and comes out to the sea from the stronghold of Achzib, including Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.


Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho nor the inhabitants of Zidon nor of Ahlab nor of Achzib nor of Helbah nor of Aphik nor of Rehob; to the contrary Asher dwelt among the Canaanites that inhabited the land, for they did not drive them out.


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


And of the tribe of the sons of Asher, the prince Ahihud, the son of Shelomi.


These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those numbered; fifty-three thousand four hundred.


of Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ocran;


Baanah, the son of Hushai, was in Asher and in Aloth;


Gilead remained on the other side of the Jordan, and why did Dan remain next to the ships? Asher continued on the sea shore and remained in his breaches.