ZEBULUN

1. Or ZABULON, Re 7:8, the sixth son of Jacob and Leah, born in Mesopotamia, Ge 30:20. Moses gives us few particulars respecting him. His tribe was respectable for numbers, Nu 1:30 26:26; and its portion in the Holy Land accorded with the prediction of Jacob, Ge 49:13, extending from the Mediterranean sea at Carmel to the sea of Gemnesaret, between Issachar on the south, and Naphtali and Asher on the north and north-west, Jos 19:10. His posterity are often mentioned in connection with Issachar, his nearest brother, De 33:18. They were entangled with the Phoenicians on the west, Jud 1:30 Isa 8:22, and took part with Barak and Gideon in the defense of the country against its oppressors, Jud 4:10 5:18 6:35. Elon, one of the Judges of Israel, was a Zebulunite, Jud 12:11-12. The inhabitants of this region in the time of Christ were highly favored by his instructionsNazareth and Cana, Capernaum, Magdala, and Tiberias being all in these limits. 2. A city in the border of Asher, but probably belonging to Zebulun, Jos 19:27.

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Zebulun. Zebulun
Dwelling, the sixth and youngest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 30:20). Little is known of his personal history. He had three sons (46:14).

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Zebulun. Zebulon, dwelling; habitation

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ZEBULUN. 1. Son of Jacob and Leah Ge 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 49:13; Ex 1:3; 1Ch 2:1
* Descendants of Ge 46:14; Nu 26:26,27
* Also called ZABULUN

2. Tribe of
* Place of, in marching and camping Nu 2:3,7; 10:14,16
* Territory awarded to Ge 49:13; Jos 19:10-16; Mt 4:13
* Aboriginal inhabitants of the territory of, not expelled Jud 1:30
* Levitical cities of Jos 21:34,35; 1Ch 6:77
* Moses' benediction upon De 33:18,19
* Loyalty of, in resisting the enemies of Israel
* With Barak against Sisera Jud 4:6,10; 5:14,18
* With Gideon against the Midianites Jud 6:35
* With David when made king over Israel 1Ch 12:33,38-40
* Joins with Hezekiah in renewing the Passover 2Ch 30:11,18
* Conquest of, by Tiglath-pileser; carried away to Assyria into captivity 2Ki 15:29; Isa 9:1
* Jesus lived in the land of Mt 4:15
* Twelve thousand sealed Re 7:8
* See ISRAEL

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(1) Son of Jacob Ge 30:20; 35:23; 49:13 (2) Tribe of Jud 1:30; 4:6; 6:35; 1Ch 12:33; 2Ch 30:11; Mt 4:15