Benjamin

Also called Ben-oni

Born c. 1738 BC (traditional dating)

Birthplace: Ephrath

Belongs to: Tribe of Benjamin

Father: Israel

Mother: Rachel

Children: Bela, Shupham, Rapha, Ehi, Becher, Gera, Nohah, Jediael, Ard, Ashbel, Ahiram, Huram

Siblings: Joseph

Mentioned in 157 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Benjamin is mentioned

  • 1 Chronicles 2:2

    Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:60

    And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:65

    They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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  • 1 Chronicles 7:6

    The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

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  • 1 Chronicles 8:1–2

    1 Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was the second born, Aharah the third,

    2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

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  • 1 Chronicles 8:40

    The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:3–4

    3 These were some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem:

    4 Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:7–8

    7 From the Benjamites: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

    8 Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

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  • 1 Chronicles 11:31–32

    31 Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

    32 Hurai from the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:1–3

    1 Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;

    2 they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):

    3 Ahiezer their chief and Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;

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