Thematic Bible: Tribe


Thematic Bible



And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. Verse ConceptsLargenessRemnantGod With Specific PeopleEighties

Then the men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight against Midian?" And they accused him fiercely. Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleDisputesWhat Do You Do?

A firstborn bull--he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh." Verse ConceptsFirstbornBullsHornsThousandsHorns VictoriousPropellingWild OxPowerful IndividualsUnicorns

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

The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, Verse ConceptsBorders Around Tribal Areas

And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son and Azrikam the commander of the palace and Elkanah the next in authority to the king.

those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And Up

The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them. Verse ConceptsGod With Specific People

The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire." Verse ConceptsArsonActing AloneBurning People

The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim. Verse ConceptsJealousyAvoiding Jealousyharassment

And one of the elders said to me, "Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals." Verse ConceptsdefeatLions, Figurative Use OfLionsRootsSealsNames And Titles For ChristJesus As Son Of DavidPromised VictorySeven ThingsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsChrist OvercomingDo Not MournPeople Of JudahLion Of The Tribe Of Judah

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

For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In NtPeople Of Judahconnectionpriests

And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests: "Say to the elders of Judah, 'Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king? Verse ConceptsPeople Who DelayedPeople Of Judah

And this he said of Judah: "Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him in to his people. With your hands contend for him, and be a help against his adversaries." Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelGod Help!Pay Attention O God!

And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites. And I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you." So Simeon went with him. Verse ConceptsInvitationsFighting TogetherAnger Subsiding

Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. Verse ConceptsTwo YearsList Of Kings Of Israel

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria. Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaArmies, Against IsraelExile Of Israel To AssyriaCapturing CitiesList Of Kings Of Israel

She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, "Has not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded you, 'Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun. Verse ConceptsDeborahTens Of Thousands

Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan,

And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them. Verse ConceptsMessenger

Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, so they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them. Verse ConceptsLiving TogetherForced Labour

And of Naphtali he said, "O Naphtali, sated with favor, and full of the blessing of the LORD, possess the lake and the south." Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sGrace, In OtPlenty Through GodBlessed By Godlakes

The sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali, for the people of Naphtali, according to their clans. Verse ConceptsFractions, One SixthSixth

She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, "Has not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded you, 'Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun. Verse ConceptsDeborahTens Of Thousands

Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David with singleness of purpose. Verse ConceptsLoyaltyFifty To Ninety ThousandWhole HeartednessMind Battlestraining

And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they went up to meet them. Verse ConceptsMessenger

However, some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsHumilityReligious Awakenings

"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordancrusades

Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but became subject to forced labor. Verse ConceptsLiving TogetherForced Labour

No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. Verse ConceptsNewnessSewingBad SituationsRepairingUnused


For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness Verse ConceptsLaws, AbolishedAnnulmentUseless Words

In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. Verse ConceptsLaws, AbolishedPast, TheOld ThingsGrowingcovenant


The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah. Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilitySecond Thing

The name of the slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, chief of a father's house belonging to the Simeonites.

And Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites. And I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you." So Simeon went with him. Verse ConceptsInvitationsFighting TogetherAnger Subsiding

Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:

These are the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200. Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

those listed of the tribe of Dan were 62,700. Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety Thousand

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans--these cities with their villages.

And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses,and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesExile In Prospect

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