Dict: smith - BEN

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BEN - B>@ - (son), a Levite, one of the porters appointed by David for the ark. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18)

BENAIAH - B>@ - (made by the Lord). The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:5) of the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel, (2 Samuel 23:20) set by David, ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:25) over his body-guard. (2 Samuel kjv@8:18; 20:23; kjv@Kings:1:38; kjv@1Chronicles:18:17) One of the mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:22-23; kjv@1Chronicles:11:25 kjv@1Chronicles:27:6) The exploits which gave him this rank are narrated in (2 Samuel 23:20-21; kjv@1Chronicles:11:22) He was captain of the host for the third month. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:5) Benaiah remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah’s attempt on the crown, (Kings:1:8-10,32-38,44) and was raised unto the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the whole army. (Kings:2:35; kjv@4:4) (B.C. 1005.) Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite, one of David’s thirty mighty men, (2 Samuel 23:30; kjv@1Chronicles:11:31) and the captain of the eleventh monthly course. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:14) A Levite in the time of David, who "played with a psaltry on Alamoth." ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18-20 kjv@1Chronicles:16:5) A priest in the time of David, appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:24 kjv@1Chronicles:16:6) A Levite of the sons of Asaph. ( kjv@2Chronicles:20:14) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:31:13) One of the "princes" of the families of Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:36) Four laymen in the time of Ezra who had taken strange wives. kjv@Ezra:10:25 kjv@Ezra:10:30,35,43) The father of Pelatiah. kjv@Ezekiel:11:1 kjv@Ezekiel:11:13)

BENAMMI - B>@ - (son of my people), the son of the younger daughter of Lot, and progenitor of the Ammonites. kjv@Genesis:19:38) (B.C. 1897.)

BENEBERAK - B>@ - (son of lightning), one of the cities of the tribe of Dan, mentioned only in kjv@Joshua:19:45)

BENEJAAKAN - B>@ - (sons of Jaakan), a tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites on their journey to Canaan. [BEEROTH OF THE CHILDREN OF JAAKAN BENE

- JAAKAN] Also given in kjv@Genesis:36:27) as AKAN.

BENEKEDEM - B>@ - (the children of the East), an appellation given to a people or to peoples dwelling to the east of Palestine. It occurs in kjv@Genesis:29:1; kjv@Judges:6:3 kjv@Judges:6:33 kjv@Judges:7:12 kjv@Judges:8:10 ; kjv@Job:1:3)

BENHADAD - B>@ - (son of Hadad), the name of three kings of Damascus. BENHADAD I., King of Damascus, which in his time was supreme in Syria. He made an alliance with Asa, and conquered a great part of the north of Israel. (Kings:15:18) His date is B.C. 950. BEN

- HADAD II., son of the preceding, and also king of Damascus. Long wars with Israel characterized his reign. Some time after the death of Ahab, Benhadad renewed the war with Israel, attacked Samaria a second time, and pressed the siege so closely that there was a terrible famine in the city. But the Syrians broke up in the night in consequence of a sudden panic. Soon after Ben-hadad fell sick, and sent Hazael to consult Elisha as to the issue of his malady. On the day after Hazael’s return Ben-hadad was murdered, probably by some of his own servants. ( kjv@2Kings:8:7-15) Ben-hadad’s death was about B.C. 890, and he must have reigned some 30 years. BEN

- HADAD III., son of Hazael, and his successor on the throne of Syria. When he succeeded to the throne, Jehoash recovered the cities which Jehoahaz had lost to the Syrians, and beat him in Aphek. ( kjv@2Kings:13:17 kjv@2Kings:13:25) The date of Ben-hadad III is B.C. 840.

BENHAIL - B>@ - (son of the host, strong), one of the princes whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach in the cities of Judah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:7)

BENHANAN - B>@ - (son of the gracious), son of Shimon, in the line of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:20)

BENINU - B>@ - (our son), a Levite; one of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:13-14)

BENJAMIN - B>@ - (son of the right hand, fortunate). The youngest of the children of Jacob. His birth took place on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, near the latter, B.C. 1729. His mother, Rachel, died in the act of giving him birth, naming him with her last breath Ben-oni (son of my sorrow). This was by Jacob changed into Benjamin. kjv@Genesis:35:16-18) Until the journeys of Jacob’s sons and Jacob himself into Egypt we hear nothing of Benjamin. Nothing personal is known of him. Henceforward the history of Benjamin is the history of the tribe. A man of the tribe of Benjamin, son of bilhan, and the head of a family of warriors. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:10) One of the "sons of Harim," an Israelite in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:32)

BENJAMIN, THE TRIBE OF - B>@ - The contrast between the warlike character of the tribe and the peaceful image of its progenitor comes out in many scattered notices. Benjamin was the only tribe which seems to have pursued archery to any purpose, and their skill in the bow, ( kjv@1Samuel:20:20 kjv@1Samuel:20:36 2 Samuel kjv@1:232; 1Chronicles:8:40 kjv@1Chronicles:12:2; kjv@2Chronicles:17:17) and the sling, kjv@Judges:20:16) is celebrated. The dreadful deed recorded in Judges:19 was defended by Benjamin. Later the tribe seems, however, to assume another position, as Ramah, ( kjv@1Samuel:9:12) etc., Mizpeh, ( kjv@1Samuel:7:5) Bethel and Gibeon, (Kings:3:4) were all in the land of Benjamin. After the struggles and contests which followed the death of Saul, the history of Benjamin becomes merged in that of the southern kingdom.

BENJAMIN, THE LAND OF - B>@ - The proximity of Benjamin to Ephraim during the march to the promised land was maintained in the territory allotted to each. That given to Benjamin formed almost a parallelogram, of about 26 miles in length by 12 in breadth, lying between Ephraim, the Jordan, Judah and Dan. The general level of this part of Palestine is not less than 2000 feet above the Mediterranean or than 3000 feet above the valley of the Jordan, the surrounding country including a large number of eminences
almost every one of which has borne some part in the history of the tribe
and many torrent beds and deep ravines.

BENJAMIN, HIGH GATE OR GATE OF - B>@ - kjv@Jeremiah:20:2 kjv@Jeremiah:37:13 kjv@Jeremiah:38:7 ; kjv@Zechariah:14:10) JERUSALEM

BENO - B>@ - (his son), a Levite of the sons of Merari. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:26-27)

BENONI - B>@ - (son of my sorrow). kjv@Genesis:35:18) BENJAMIN, BENJAMIN, THE TRIBE OF

BENZOHETH - B>@ - (son of Zoheth), a descendant of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:20)

BENON - B>@ - kjv@Numbers:32:3) [BETH

- BAALMEON] Comp. ver. 38.