Thematic Bible: The tribe of Asher


Thematic Bible



Asher's food will be rich. He will provide delicacies fit for a king.

Asher is the most blessed with sons. May his brothers favor him. And may he dip his foot in oil. Your locks will be iron and bronze. According to your days, so will your leisurely walk be.


The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith. Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham and of their sister Shua. read more.
The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons. The sons of Shomer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah 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. The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel and Rizia. All these were descendants of Asher, heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was twenty-six thousand.

Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher was a very old prophetess.


On the north side the armies led by Dan will camp under their flag. The leader for the people of Dan is Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai.

Next to them will be the tribe of Asher. The leader for the people of Asher is Pagiel, son of Ochran.


The boundary turned to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and then the boundary turned to Hosah; it ended at the sea near Achzib.

The tribe of Gad stayed east of the Jordan. The tribe of Dan remained by the ships. The tribe of Asher stayed by the seacoast. They remained by the shore.


He sent messengers throughout the territory of both parts of Manasseh to call them to follow him. He sent messengers to the tribes of Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they also came to join him.

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


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


From the tribe of Asher, there were forty thousand trained warriors, all prepared for battle.


For the curse, these will stand on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.


Finally, the banner of the division led by the tribe of Dan, serving as the rear guard of all the divisions, started out, company by company. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command. Pagiel son of Ochran commanded the tribe of Asher.


Leah's slave Zilpah gave birth to her second son for Jacob. Leah said: I am happy, for women will call me blessed. So she named him Asher.


The families descended from Asher were the family of Imnah, the family of Ishvi, and the family of Beriah. The descendants of Beriah were the family of Heber and the family of Malchiel. Asher had a daughter named Serah. read more.
These were the families of Asher's descendants. The total number of men was fifty-three thousand four hundred.


On the eleventh day the leader of the descendants of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran, brought his gifts: a silver plate that weighed three and one quarter pounds and a silver bowl that weighed one and three quarter pounds using the standard weight of the holy place. Each dish was filled with flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering. He also brought a gold dish that weighed four ounces, filled with incense; read more.
a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering; a male goat as an offering for sin; and two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs as a fellowship offering. These were the gifts from Pagiel, son of Ochran.


The roster of families and households for the descendants of Asher listed the men by name that were at least twenty years old and eligible for military duty. The total for the tribe of Asher was forty-one thousand five hundred.


The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. Their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; read more.
It turned toward the sun rising to Beth-dagon, and reached Zebulun, and to the valley of Jipthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goes out to Cabul on the left hand, Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, to great Zidon; The boundary turned to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and then the boundary turned to Hosah; it ended at the sea near Achzib. Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children 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: But the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.


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


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


These were the families of Asher's descendants. The total number of men was fifty-three thousand four hundred.


Pagiel, son of Ochran, from the tribe of Asher;


Baana son of Hushai: the region of Asher and the town of Bealoth.


The tribe of Gad stayed east of the Jordan. The tribe of Dan remained by the ships. The tribe of Asher stayed by the seacoast. They remained by the shore.