2 Samuel 2:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.”
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“and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and causeth him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel--all of it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 2:9 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 30:13Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
- Numbers 1:40From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 32:1Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
- Joshua 13:8The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
- Joshua 16:5This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
- Joshua 16:8From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,
- Joshua 16:9along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.
- Joshua 17:1Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
- Joshua 18:11The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
- Joshua 18:20On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Joshua 19:18Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
- Judges 1:32So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
- 1 Chronicles 12:30From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
- Psalms 108:8Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
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