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Reuben Archer Torrey
• 2 min. read • grade level: 11
Descended from Jacob's twelfth son.
Gen. 35:18
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And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. (Genesis 35:18)
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Predictions respecting.
Gen. 49:27
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Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. (Genesis 49:27)
. Deu. 33:12.
PERSONS SELECTED FROM
To number the people.
Num. 1:11
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Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. (Numbers 1:11)
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To spy out the land.
Num. 13:9
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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. (Numbers 13:9)
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To divide the land.
Num. 34:21
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Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. (Numbers 34:21)
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Strength of, on leaving Egypt.
Num. 1:36, 37
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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;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. (Numbers 1:36‑37)
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Formed the rear of the third division of Israel in their journeys.
Num. 10:22, 24
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And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. (Numbers 10:22)
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. (Numbers 10:24)
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Encamped on west side of the tabernacle under the standard of Ephraim.
Num. 2:18, 22
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On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. (Numbers 2:18)
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Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. (Numbers 2:22)
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Offering of, at dedication.
Num. 7:60-65
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On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
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His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an 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 meat offering:
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One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
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One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
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One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. (Numbers 7:60‑65)
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Families of.
Num. 26:38-40
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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:
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Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. (Numbers 26:38‑40)
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Strength of, entering Canaan.
Num. 26:41
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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 26:41)
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On Gerizim said amen to the blessings. Deu. 27:12.
Cities and bounds of inheritance.
Jos. 18:11-28
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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.
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And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
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And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
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And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
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And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
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And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,
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And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
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And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
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And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
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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.
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Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
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And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
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And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
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And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
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Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
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And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
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And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
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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 18:11‑28)
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Celebrated as bowmen and clingers.
1 Chr. 12:2
2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 12:2)
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Assisted against Sisera. Jud. 5:14.
Oppressed by the Ammonites. Jud. 10:9.
Almost annihilated for protecting the men of Gibeah. Jud. 20:12-48.
Remnant of, provided with wives to preserve the tribe. Jud. 21:1-23.
Furnished the first king to Israel.
1 Sam. 9:1, 2, 15-17
1
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
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And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. (1 Samuel 9:1‑2)
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Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
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To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
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And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. (1 Samuel 9:15‑17)
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1 Sam. 10:20, 21
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And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
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When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. (1 Samuel 10:20‑21)
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2 Sam. 2:8-10
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But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
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And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10
Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. (2 Samuel 2:8‑10)
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Adhered for a time to the house of Saul against David.
2 Sam. 2:9, 15, 25, 31
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And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. (2 Samuel 2:9)
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Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. (2 Samuel 2:15)
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And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. (2 Samuel 2:25)
31
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. (2 Samuel 2:31)
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Seine of, assisted David.
1 Chr. 12:1-7, 16
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Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
3
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
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And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
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Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
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Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
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And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. (1 Chronicles 12:1‑7)
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And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. (1 Chronicles 12:16)
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Revolted from the house of Saul.
2 Sam. 3:19
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And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. (2 Samuel 3:19)
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Some of, at David's coronation.
1 Chr. 12:29
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And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. (1 Chronicles 12:29)
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A thousand of, with Shimei came to meet David on his return to Jerusalem.
2 Sam. 19:16, 17
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And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
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And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. (2 Samuel 19:16‑17)
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Very numerous in David's time.
1 Chr. 7:6-12
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The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
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And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
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And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
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And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
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The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
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All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
12
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. (1 Chronicles 7:6‑12)
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Captains appointed over. 1 Kin. 4:18.
1 Chr. 27:12
12
The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (1 Chronicles 27:12)
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Remained faithful to Judah. 1 Kin. 12:21.
Furnished an army to Jehoshaphat.
2 Chr. 17:17
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And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. (2 Chronicles 17:17)
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Numbers of, returned from the captivity and dwelt at Jerusalem.
Ezr. 1:5
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Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:5)
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Neh. 11:4
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And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; (Nehemiah 11:4)
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Celebrated persons of;
Ehud,
Jud. 3:15.
Kish 1
Sam. 9:1.
Saul,
1 Sam. 9:1
1
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. (1 Samuel 9:1)
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1 Sam. 10:1
1
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? (1 Samuel 10:1)
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Abner,
1 Sam.
14:51.
1 Sam. 17:55
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And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. (1 Samuel 17:55)
Elhanan,
2 Sam. 21:19
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And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (2 Samuel 21:19)
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Paul,
Phi. 3:5.
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