Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

<p class="poetry">The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.p>

<p class="poetry">The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob:p> <p class="poetry">Joseph and Benjamin.p>

<p class="bodytext">Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin;p> <p class="bodytext">Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.p>

Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

<p class="bodytext">Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

<p class="bodytext">The son<n id="1" /> of Jediael:p> <p class="bodytext">Bilhan.p> <p class="bodytext">The sons of Bilhan:p> <p class="bodytext">Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah<n id="1" /> third,

Now Joab<n id="1" /> did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king&#8217;s edict disgusted him.

In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them.<n id="1" /> Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles<n id="1" /> were building a temple for the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel,

<p class="poetry">In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal<n id="1" /> your power!p> <p class="poetry">Come and deliver us!<n id="2" />p>

&#8220;The following tribes<n id="1" /> must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

&#8220;Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities.<n id="1" /> He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them.<n id="2" />p>

He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it.<n id="1" /> The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

<p class="poetry">The people of the Negev<n id="1" /> will take possession<n id="2" /> of Esau&#8217;s mountain,p> <p class="poetry">and the people of the Shephelah<n id="3" /> will takep> <p class="poetry">possession<n id="4" /> of the land of<n id="5" /> the Philistines.p> <p class="poetry">They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,p> <p class="poetry">and the people of Benjamin will take possession<n id="6" /> of Gilead.<n id="7" />p>

the Israelites counterattacked.<n id="1" /> Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites;<n id="2" /> they struck down<n id="3" /> about thirty men. They said, &#8220;There&#8217;s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin<n id="1" /> to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

He met<n id="1" /> Asa and told him, &#8220;Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The <sc>Lordsc> is with you when you are loyal to him.<n id="2" /> If you seek him, he will respond to you,<n id="3" /> but if you reject him, he will reject you.