BENJAMIN  , a tribe of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel, named after the youngest son of See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob and See also:

• RACHEL (1821-1858)

Rachel . As distinct from the others Benjamin was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born not beyond the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan but in See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, between See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

Bethel and Ephrath . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother, dying in childbed, gave him the name See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben-oni, " Son of my sorrow," which was changed by his See also:

• FATHER

father to Benjamin, meaning probably " Son of the right See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand " (i.e . " of prosperity," or, perhaps, " son of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south "; Gen. See also:

• XXXV

xxxv . 16-18) . Of his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• HISTORY

history little is recorded . He was the favourite of his father and See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers (with which contrast the spirit of the stories in Judg. xix.-xxi.), and the reputation of fierceness ascribed to him in the blessing of Jacob (" Benjamin is a See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

wolf that teareth," Gen. xlix . 27) agrees with what is told of the tribe's warriors (see EHUn, See also:

• SAUL (Heb. shd'ul, " asked ")

SAUL, See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

JONATHAN) . It IS a curious feature that its noted slingers were said to be See also:

• LEFT

left-handed (Judg . xx . 16, cf. iii . 15) and even ambidextrous (1 Chron. xii .

2) . The See also:

• LATE

late references to this tribe in the Israelite wanderings in the See also:

• WILDERNESS

wilderness are of little value . On entering Palestine it is allotted a portion encompassed by the districts of See also:

• EPHRAIM

Ephraim, See also:

• DAN

Dan and See also:

• JUDAH

Judah . In the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the " See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges " the tribe of Benjamin was almost exterminated (see JUDGES, See also:

• BOOK

BOOK OF), 600 men alone escaping (Judges xix. sqq.) . The tribe was built up again by the See also:

• RAPE
• RAPE (from Lat. rapere, to seize)
• RAPE (Lat. rapum or rapa, turnip)

rape of the maidens of See also:

• SHILOH
• SHILOH, BATTLE OF

Shiloh at one of their See also:

• ANNUAL

annual festivals (for which cf . Judges ix . 27), but a later narrative gives currency to a tradition that 400 virgins were also brought to Shiloh, the survivors of a See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of the inhabitants of Jabesh-See also:

• GILEAD (i.e. " hard " or " rugged," a name sometimes used, both in earlier and in later writers, to denote the whole of the territory occupied by the Israelites eastward of Jordan, extending from the Arnon to the southern base of Hermon (Dent. xxxiv. 1; J

Gilead . At all events, Benjamin claimed the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of providing the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Israel whose heroic deliverance of Jabesh-Gilead is referred to elsewhere (see SAUL), and it is noteworthy that the tribe only now attain See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical importance . If the genealogies associated it with See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph the father of Ephraim and See also:

• MANASSEH (7th cent. B.C.)
• MANASSEH (apparently Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the Bible, a tribe of Israel, the elder but less important of the "sons" of Joseph. Its seat lay to the north of Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce

Manasseh, its fortunes were for a time See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound up with the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom (see See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

DAVID) . Although its territory lies open on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, its See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical features unite it to Judah, and what is known of its mixed See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population 1 makes it difficult to determine how far the youngest of the tribes of Israel enjoyed any See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent position previous to the See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy . Its neutral position between Judah and Ephraim gave it an importance which was religious as well as See also:

• POLITICAL

political . Anathoth the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of See also:

• ABIATHAR (Heb. Ebyathar, "the [divine] father is pre-eminent")

Abiathar and See also:

• JEREMIAH

Jeremiah, See also:

• GIB, ADAM (1714-1788)

Gib eon the old Canaanite See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary, the royal sanctuary at Bethel, its associations with See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel and the prophetic See also:

• GILDS, or GUILDS

gilds of the times of See also:

• ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

Elijah and See also:

• ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

Elisha, and finally See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem itself, the centre of See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, give " the least of all the tribes " a unique value in the history of Old Testament See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion .

See H . W . See also:

• HOGG, JAMES (1770-1835)
• HOGG, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1792–1862)

Hogg, Ency . Bib., See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col . 534 sqq . (S . A .