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the Tribe Of Benjamin

The contrast between the warlike character of the tribe and the peaceful image of its progenitor comes out in many scattered notices. Benjamin was the only tribe which seems to have pursued archery to any purpose, and their skill in the bow, (1 Samuel 20:20,36; 2 Samuel 1:232; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 12:2; 2 Chronicles 17:17) and the sling, (Judges 20:16) is celebrated. The dreadful deed recorded in Judges 19 was defended by Benjamin. Later the tribe seems, however, to assume another position, as Ramah, (1 Samuel 9:12) etc., Mizpeh, (1 Samuel 7:5) Bethel and Gibeon, (1 Kings 3:4) were all in the land of Benjamin. After the struggles and contests which followed the death of Saul, the history of Benjamin becomes merged in that of the southern kingdom.

Strong's Hebrew

1144. Binyamin -- "son of (the) right hand," youngest son of Jacob ...
... From ben and yamiyn; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also
the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Benjamin. see HEBREW ben. ...
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Library

How David Reigned Over one Tribe at Hebron While the Son Of
... Then did Joab ascend a certain hill, as he stood at that place, having the tribe
of Benjamin with him, whence he took a view of them, and of Abner also. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how david reigned.htm

The Crime Committed by the Inhabitants of Gibeah against the Wife ...
... Nay, when the people were conquered, they vowed that they would not give
their daughters in marriage to the tribe of Benjamin! That ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xix the crime committed.htm

The Appointment of a King Over the Israelites, Whose Name was Saul ...
... God. 1. Ther was one of the tribe of Benjamin, a man of a good family,
and of a virtuous disposition; his name was Kish. He had ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 the appointment of.htm

Ramah. Ramathaim Zophim. Gibeah.
... There was a certain Ramah, in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25, and that within
sight of Jerusalem, as it seems, Judges 19:13; where it is named with Gibeah ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 43 ramah ramathaim zophim.htm

How David, when He had Recovered his Kingdom, was Reconciled to ...
... And Shimei, the son of Gera, came with a thousand men, which he brought with him
out of the tribe of Benjamin; and Ziba, the freed-man of Saul, with his sons ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 11 how david when.htm

The King after Man's Heart
... And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe
of Benjamin was taken.21. When he had caused the tribe ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the king after mans heart.htm

How, after the Death of Joshua their Commander, the Israelites ...
... Israelites Transgressed The Laws Of Their Country, And Experienced Great Afflictions;
And When There Was A Sedition Arisen, The Tribe Of Benjamin Was Destroyed ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 how after the.htm

The History of Saul
... Phineas. And a man of the tribe of Benjamin ran for to tell this unto Eli
which sat abiding some tidings of the battle. This man ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the history of saul.htm

Philippians iii. 3-Jan
... But that you may not imagine that he was of the stock of Israel as coming of the
ten tribes, he says, "of the tribe of Benjamin." So that he was of the more ...
/.../homily x philippians iii 3-jan.htm

The Testament of Benjamin Concerning a Pure Mind.
... Paul (who was of the tribe of Benjamin, Romans 11:1; Philippians 3:5), is quoted
by Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem, v. 1. [See vol. iii. p. 430, this series.]. ...
/.../xii the testament of benjamin concerning.htm