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Bible Verses About Benjamin

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And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

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

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Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

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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:

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And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

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And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

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And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

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And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

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These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

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But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

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And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

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Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

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And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.

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And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

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The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth–el, and in their villages,

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And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

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And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

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But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

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Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth–hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,

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And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

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And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

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To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

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And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

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And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

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Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

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Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

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Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:

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And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.

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And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

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This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.

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Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth–lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.

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And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

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And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

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Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

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And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,

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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

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And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

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And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

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