Issachar
Region in the Bible
Located in: Northern Kingdom of Israel
Location: 32.65° N, 35.42° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)
Places here: Jezreel, Ophrah, Shunem, En-gannim, Kishion, Ramoth, Anaharath, Beth-pazzez, Beth-shemesh, Chesulloth, Ebez, En-haddah
Mentioned in 13 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 Issachar is mentioned
1 Kings 4:17–18
Ezekiel 48:25–26
25 Issachar will have one portion bordering the territory of Simeon from east to west.
26 Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.
Read in contextEzekiel 48:33
On the south side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.
Read in contextJoshua 17:10–11
10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
Read in contextJoshua 19:17–22
17 The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:
18 Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
19 Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,
20 Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,
21 Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez.
22 The border reached Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen cities, along with their villages.
Read in contextJoshua 19:23
This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Issachar, including these cities and their villages.
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