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	Benjamin - (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		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.
		The history of the tribe contains a sad record of a desolating civil war in which they were engaged with the other eleven tribes.
		The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers (1 Sam.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/benjamin.html (297 words)

	Benjamin
		In the Bible, Benjamin (which comes from the Hebrew name Binyamin which means "son of my right hand", "son of the right hand", or "son of the south.") is the younger son of Jacob and Rachel (Gen. 35:18).
		The tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus was the smallest but one (Num.
		The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers (1 Sam.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/be/Benjamin.html (330 words)

	Benjamin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers (1 Samuel 20:20,36; 2Sam 1:22; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 12:2) and slingers (Judge.
		The gate of Benjamin, on the north side of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 37:13; 38:7; Zechariah 14:10), was so called because it led in the direction of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
		A man of the tribe of Benjamin, son of bilhan, and the head of a family of warriors.
	dictionary.christianpost.com /definition/benjamin.htm (671 words)

	Benjamin
		Upon the loss of Joseph, Benjamin's full-brother, Jacob's affections were bestowed upon Benjamin, and it was only with great reluctance that he permitted his beloved child to accompany his brethren to Egypt to purchase corn.
		It was from this tribe that Saul, the first king of the monarchy, was chosen (I Sam., ix, 1, 2, 19; x, 1, 20 sqq.).
		After the death of Saul the tribe of Benjamin remained loyal to his son, Isboseth (II Sam., ii, 9 sqq.), until David became king of all Israel (II Sam., v, 1-5).
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/benjamin.html (543 words)

	THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN: A “WOLFPACK” FROM THE NORTH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This tribe was almost exterminated in an ancient Israelite civil war in which the Benjaminites were sufficiently fearless and foolhardy to fight all the other tribes at once.
		Norway is a lightly populated nation, consistent with Benjamin's historical role as the least populous of the tribes of Israel.
		Curiously, while Joseph's tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh were destined to become the most populous tribes of Israel, Benjamin (Joseph's brother) became the Israelite tribe with the smallest population.
	www.israelite.info /Christian_Authors/TribeofBenjamin.htm (1324 words)

	Benjamin - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		BENJAMIN [Benjamin] [Heb.,=son of fortune], younger son of Jacob and Rachel, eponymous ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel.
		According to the Book of Joshua, the tribe of Benjamin was allotted the plateau of E central Palestine lying W of the Jordan between Jerusalem and Bethel.
		Artful reproduction: Benjamin's appropriation of Adolf Behne's "Das reproduktive Zeitalter" in the Kunstwerk-essay.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-benjb1ib.html (276 words)

	Akhlah: Torah Heroes - Benjamin
		Benjamin was not sent down to Egypt to buy corn during the famine in Canaan but was later sent to Egypt at Joseph's command.
		The tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus was the second-smallest.
		The Benjamin Gate, on the north side of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 37:13), was so named because it led in the direction of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
	www.akhlah.com /heroes/torah_heroes/benjamin.php (253 words)

	Benjamin Tribe of Israel
		Benjamin, Judah, Levi, Simeon, and small numbers of most of the other tribes had remained together as Jews in the southern realm of Judah when the Assyrians exiled most of the Israelites in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
		Rabbi Ginsburgh on the tribe of Benjamin, the recitified wolf.
		The tribe of Benjamin, from whom the first king of Israel, Saul--who "snatched the kingdom," as a wolf--was to stand, was thus reestablished.
	britam.org /benjamin.html (1838 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive: Bible Discovery - Benjamin
		The tribe of Benjamin - the Benjaminites - was the second smallest of the twelve tribes of Israel.
		When the Israelites split into two kingdoms at the start of the reign of Solomon's son Rehoboam, the tribe of Benjamin was the only one to remain with Judah.
		Benjamin: (means "son of the right hand") The twelfth and youngest son of Jacob.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /biblediscovery/benjamin.asp (521 words)

	The prophet Hosea. Bible critic. The tribe of Benjamin, Judah and Ephraim at war in Judges.
		Ephraim was the tribe of the hereditary monarchy in Israel, and any reference to Ephraim is a reference to the monarchy (note the equivalency with 'Judah's rulers' and the explicit reference to the royal house in the opening passage of the segment).
		Benjamin was bordered by the territory of Ephraim and Judah.
		in the territory of Benjamin, neighbouring Gibeah) the trumpet in Gibeah.
	www.awitness.org /lostmess/ramah.html (2413 words)

	Ancient Sources: Mount Ephraim and Benjamin: 59. Lot of Benjamin
		Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, and at evening dividing the spoil.
		This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, according to its families, boundary by boundary all around.
		This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin according to its families.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/mad/sources/sources059.html (276 words)

	Bible Study - Benjamin
		Benjamin was the last born of Israel's twelve sons (see Children of Jacob), the younger of the two children by Rachel (Genesis 35:24).
		Benjamin's descendants formed the tribe of Benjamin, the Benjamites (Genesis 49:27, Deuteronomy 33:12, Joshua 18:21) (see The Tribes Of Israel).
		When the Israelites split into two kingdoms at the start of the reign of Solomon's son Rehoboam, the tribe of Benjamin was the only one to remain with Judah (1 Kings 12:21).
	www.keyway.ca /htm2000/20000830.htm (431 words)

	Benjamin
		Benjamin was the son of Jacob and Rachel and father of the tribe of Benjamin, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
		Benjamin the twelfth son of Jacob and born after Joseph was sold into slavery.
		Jacob later blesses Benjamin while on his deathbed, calling Benjamin "a vicious wolf, devouring the prey in the morning, and dividing the spoil at night" (Genesis 49:27).
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/benjamin1.html (165 words)

	Akhlah: Tribes of Israel
		Asher was the eighth son of Jacob and the father of the tribe of Asher, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
		Gad was the sixth son of Jacob and father of the tribe of Gad, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
		Naptali was the son of Jacob and Rachel's maidservant Bilhah and the father of the tribe of Naphtali, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
	www.akhlah.com /history_tradition/tribes_of_israel.php (1310 words)

	WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THE LIFE OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN?
		Benjamin was the last son of the patriarch jacob and his wife Rachel, who died at his birth in approximately 1875 B.C. And he was the only one of Jacob's sons born in Palestine between Bethel and Ephrath.
		At the time of the Exodus, Benjamin was comprised of 35,400 and their place or position was with the standard of Ephraim, on the west of the tabernacle.
		Benjamin held the main avenues of approach to the highlands, from the east and the west, by which Joshua led Israel past Ai, from Gilgal; as well as the longer ascents from the west, along which the battle was so often fought in the valley of Aijalon.
	www.angelfire.com /wa3/skylarkofthemorning/page60.html (984 words)

	Judges 20 - Israel's War With Benjamin and Gibeah
		But the children of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brethren: The other tribes of Israel did the right thing in asking the tribe of Benjamin to deliver up the men who committed this crime.
		And the children of Benjamin said, "They are defeated before us, as at first." But the children of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them away from the city to the highways." So all the men of Israel rose from their place and put themselves in battle array at Baal Tamar.
		The men of Israel turned back against the children of Benjamin, and struck them down with the edge of the sword; from every city, men and beasts, all who were found: The tribe of Benjamin was undeniably guilty, but there was no need for the complete slaughter as described here.
	www.enduringword.com /commentaries/0720.htm (2375 words)

	Apocalypse Explained (Whitehead) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is evident from the representation of "Benjamin" and the tribe named from him, as being the spiritual-celestial in the natural man, as "Joseph" represents it in the spiritual.
		The tribe of Benjamin had its lot among the sons of Joseph, because that tribe represented and thence signified the conjunction of good and truth; for "Judah" signifies the good of the church, and "Joseph" the truth of the church.
		Here Benjamin, the princes of Judah, of Zebulun, and of Naphtali, are not meant, but those things of the church that are signified by these tribes; and "little Benjamin" here signifies the innocence of the natural man; the innocence of the natural man is in the conjunction of good and truth there.
	www.theheavenlydoctrines.org /static/d11722/449.htm (1053 words)

	Who are the Lost Tribes of Israel?
		Remember, when the Israelites split into two kingdoms at the start of the reign of Solomon's son Rheoboam, the tribe of Benjamin was the only one to remain with Judah (1 Kings 12:21).
		The Tribe of Benjamin is also part of the verse where it is said “first to the Jews, then to the Gentiles” (Romans 1:16).
		Notice that almost all of the disciples of Jesus are from the Tribe of Benjamin NOT the Tribe of Judah.
	www.bibletruthonline.com /whoarethe12tribesOFisrael.htm (3316 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Benjamin, Tribe of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Moses pronounced a special blessing upon this tribe (Deuteronomy, 33), which at the division of the territory of Chanaan under Josue, obtained its share between the frontiers of Ephraim, Dan, and Juda (Joshua 18).
		Later, the first King of Israel, Saul, was chosen from the tribe of Benjamin (1 Kings 9).
		At the death of Solomon, the 10 tribes separated from Roboam; but the tribe of Benjamin, with that of Juda, remained faithful (3 Kings 12).
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd01211.htm (129 words)

	Love The Lord Judges Lesson 23
		Judges 21:6 "And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day." It seems in the destruction of the cities of Benjamin, they had killed all of the women and children, as well as the men.
		Judges 21:14 "And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not." We see that there were not enough of these virgins for the 600 men of Benjamin.
		Judges 21:23 "And the children of Benjamin did so, and took [them] wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them." It appears that, the cities had not been totally destroyed.
	www.lovethelord.com /books/judges/23.html (1554 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Benjamin
		Benjamin, and it was only with great reluctance that he permitted his beloved child to accompany his brethren to Egypt to purchase corn.
		Judges the tribe was well nigh exterminated on account of a crime committed within its territory (Judges 19-21).
		Benjamin remained loyal to his son, Isboseth (2 Samuel 2:9 sqq.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02480b.htm (399 words)

	Judges 21 - Wives for the Remnant of Benjamin
		One tribe missing: Down to almost only 400 men - and those unable to marry - the tribe of Benjamin was almost extinct.
		So Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they had not found enough for them.
		Israel instead should have repented of their foolish oath made at Mizpah, and they should have agreed to give their daughters as wives to the men of the tribe of Benjamin, renouncing the foolish vow of Judges 21:1.
	www.enduringword.com /commentaries/0721.htm (1010 words)

	Numbers 2:22 "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince
		And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
		Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
		Numbers 2:22 YLT: And the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin 'is' Abidan son of Gideoni;
	bible.cc /numbers/2-22.htm (238 words)

	The Cities of the Tribe of Benjamin
		On the contrary, the whole of the towns mentioned in Isaiah 10:28-32, as reached by the Assyrian king in his expedition against Judah, are north of Jerusalem, in the territory of Benjamin.
		The sons of Benjamin were at -- Ananiah, Chazor, Ramah, Gitthaim, Chadid, Zeboim, Neballat, Lod, and Ono, (in) the valley of Charashim." (Neh.
		Perhaps the name of this village may be derived from Azel, son of Elasah, belonging to the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chron.
	www.jewish-history.com /Palestine/cities_of_benjamin.html (3310 words)

	Bible Topics: Benjamin, Tribe of
		Numbers 2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
		Numbers 26:38-40 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: Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
		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.
	www.bible-topics.com /Benjamin-Tribe-of.html (2328 words)

	Revelation 7:8 Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand
		Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand: of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand: of the tribe of Benjamin were marked twelve thousand.
		Revelation 7:8 WEY: Of the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000; Of the tribe of Joseph, 12,000; Of the tribe of Benjamin, 12,000.
		Revelation 7:8 YLT: of the tribe of Zebulun 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph 12 thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin 12 thousand were sealed.
	bible.cc /revelation/7-8.htm (271 words)

	The Month of Kislev According to the Book of Formation (Sefer Yetzirah)
		Though the Chashmonaim themselves were from the Priestly tribe of Israel, the "art" of the bow is ascribed in the Bible to the tribe of Benjamin in particular, the tribe of the month of Kislev.
		The Kohanim (and Leviim) are not considered as one of the twelve tribes in the correspondence of the tribes to the months of the year (according to the Arizal).
		This is especially so with regard to the tribe of Benjamin, for in his portion was the holy Temple wherein the Kohanim served.
	www.inner.org /times/kislev/kislev.htm (1218 words)

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