בִּנְיָמִין

Benjamin (Person)· Ben-Oni· Benjaminite, Benjamite

1. Judges 20:18בִנְיָמִ֑ן
   The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
2. Judges 20:20בִּנְיָמִ֑ן · Benjamin
   And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.
3. Judges 20:21בִנְיָמִ֖ן
   And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
4. Judges 20:23בִנְיָמִ֖ן
   They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
5. Judges 20:24בִנְיָמִ֖ן
   On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.
6. Judges 20:25בִנְיָמִ֨ן׀ · the Benjamites
   That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
7. Judges 20:28בִנְיָמִ֥ן
   …and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
8. Judges 20:30בִנְיָמִ֖ן
   On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
9. Judges 20:31בִנְיָמִן֙
   The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
10. Judges 20:32בִנְיָמִ֔ן
    “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
11. Judges 20:35 (2×)בִּנְיָמִן֮ · Benjamin; בְּבִנְיָמִן֙ · Benjamites
    The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
12. Judges 20:36 (2×)בִנְיָמִ֖ן; לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן · before Benjamin
    Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
13. Judges 20:39וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן · When the Benjamites
    …the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
14. Judges 20:40בִּנְיָמִן֙ · the Benjamites
    But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
15. Judges 20:41בִּנְיָמִ֑ן · of Benjamin
    Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
16. Judges 20:43בִּנְיָמִן֙ · the Benjamites
    They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
17. Judges 20:44מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן · Benjamites
    And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.
18. Judges 20:46מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן · Benjamite
    That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
19. Judges 20:48בִנְיָמִן֙
    And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
20. Judges 21:1לְבִנְיָמִ֖ן · to a Benjamite
    Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
21. Judges 21:6בִּנְיָמִ֖ן · the Benjamites
    And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
22. Judges 21:13בִנְיָמִ֔ן
    Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
23. Judges 21:14בִּנְיָמִן֙ · the Benjamites
    And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
24. Judges 21:15לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן · for Benjamin
    The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
25. Judges 21:16מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן · of Benjamin
    Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
26. Judges 21:17לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן · of Benjamin
    They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
27. Judges 21:18לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ס · to a Benjamite
    But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
28. Judges 21:20בִנְיָמִ֖ן
    So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
29. Judges 21:21בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ · of Benjamin
    …and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
30. Judges 21:23בִנְיָמִ֔ן
    The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
31. 1 Samuel 4:12בִּנְיָמִן֙ · a Benjamite
    That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
32. 1 Samuel 9:1מִבִּן־ · a Benjamite
    Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
33. 1 Samuel 9:16בִּנְיָמִ֗ן · of Benjamin
    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
34. 1 Samuel 9:21בִנְיָמִ֑ן · of Benjamin
    Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
35. 1 Samuel 10:2בִּנְיָמִ֖ן · of Benjamin
    When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
36. 1 Samuel 10:20בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ · of Benjamin
    Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
37. 1 Samuel 10:21בִּנְיָמִן֙ · of Benjamin
    Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
38. 1 Samuel 13:2בִּנְיָמִ֑ין · of Benjamin
    He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
39. 1 Samuel 13:15בִּנְיָמִ֑ן · in Benjamin
    Then Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
40. 1 Samuel 13:16בִּנְיָמִ֑ן · of Benjamin
    Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
41. 1 Samuel 14:16בִּנְיָמִ֑ן · in Benjamin
    Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,
42. 2 Samuel 2:9בִּנְיָמִ֔ן · and Benjamin
    …and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
43. 2 Samuel 2:15לְבִנְיָמִ֗ן · for Benjamin
    So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
44. 2 Samuel 2:25בִנְיָמִן֙
    The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
45. 2 Samuel 2:31מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן · Benjamites
    …but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.
46. 2 Samuel 3:19 (2×)בִנְיָמִ֑ין · the Benjamites; בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ · of Benjamin
    Abner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
47. 2 Samuel 4:2בִנְיָמִ֑ן · of Benjamin
    Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,