Meaning of “Benjamin”
Benjamin — son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mother died in giving him birth, and with her last breath named him Ben-oni, son of my pain, a name which was changed by his father into Benjamin. His posterity are called Benjamites (Gen. 49:27; Deut. 33:12; Josh. 18:21). The tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus was the smallest but one (Num. 1:36, 37; Ps. 68:27). During the march its place was along with Manasseh and Ephraim on the west of the tabernacle. At the entrance into Canaan it counted 45,600 warriors. It has been inferred by some from the words of Jacob (Gen. 49:27) that the figure of a wolf was on the tribal standard. This tribe is mentioned in Rom. 11:1; Phil. 3:5. The inheritance of this tribe lay immediately to the south of that of Ephraim, and was about 26 miles in length and 12 in breadth. Its eastern boundary was the Jordan. Dan intervened between it and the Philistines. Its chief towns are named in Josh. 18:21-28. The history of the tribe contains a sad record of a desolating civil war in which they were engaged with the other eleven tribes. By it they were almost exterminated (Judg. 20:20, 21; 21:10). (See GIBEAH »T0001476.) The first king of the Jews was Saul, a Benjamite. A close alliance was formed between this tribe and that of Judah in the time of David (2 Sam. 19:16, 17), which continued after his death (1 Kings 11:13; 12:20). After the Exile these two tribes formed the great body of the Jewish nation (Ezra 1:5; 10:9). The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers (1 Sam. 20:20, 36; 2 Sam. 1:22; 1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2) and slingers (Judge. 20:6). The gate of Benjamin, on the north side of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; 38:7; Zech. 14:10), was so called because it led in the direction of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is called by Jeremiah (20:2) "the high gate of Benjamin;" also "the gate of the children of the people" (17:19). (Comp. 2 Kings 14:13.)
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Genesis Chapter 35 Verse 24 — The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: Genesis Chapter 35 Verse 18 — And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. Genesis Chapter 42 Verse 36 — And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. Genesis Chapter 42 Verse 4 — But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. Genesis Chapter 43 Verse 34 — And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. Genesis Chapter 43 Verse 29 — And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. Genesis Chapter 43 Verse 16 — And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon. Genesis Chapter 43 Verse 15 — And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. Genesis Chapter 43 Verse 14 — And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. Genesis Chapter 44 Verse 12 — And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. Genesis Chapter 45 Verse 22 — To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. Genesis Chapter 45 Verse 14 — And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Genesis Chapter 45 Verse 12 — And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. Genesis Chapter 46 Verse 21 — And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. Genesis Chapter 46 Verse 19 — The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. Genesis Chapter 49 Verse 27 — Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. Exodus Chapter 1 Verse 3 — Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 37 — Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 36 — Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house 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; Numbers Chapter 1 Verse 11 — Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. Numbers Chapter 2 Verse 22 — Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. Numbers Chapter 7 Verse 60 — On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: Numbers Chapter 10 Verse 24 — And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. Numbers Chapter 13 Verse 9 — Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. Numbers Chapter 26 Verse 41 — These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. Numbers Chapter 26 Verse 38 — The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: Numbers Chapter 34 Verse 21 — Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. Deuteronomy Chapter 27 Verse 12 — These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: Deuteronomy Chapter 33 Verse 12 — And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 28 — And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 21 — Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz, Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 20 — And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 11 — And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. Joshua Chapter 21 Verse 17 — And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, Joshua Chapter 21 Verse 4 — And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. Judges Chapter 1 Verse 21 — And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. Judges Chapter 5 Verse 14 — Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. Judges Chapter 10 Verse 9 — Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. Judges Chapter 19 Verse 14 — And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 23 — (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 21 — And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 20 — And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 18 — And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 17 — And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 15 — And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 14 — But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 13 — Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 12 — And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? Judges Chapter 20 Verse 10 — And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. Judges Chapter 20 Verse 4 — And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
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