2 Samuel 2:9

God's Word

Abner made him king of Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, that is, all Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 30:13

Leah said, “I’ve been blessed! Women will call me blessed.” So she named him Asher [Blessing].

2 Samuel 2:10

Saul’s son Ishbosheth was 40 years old when he became king of Israel. He ruled for two years, but the tribe of Judah followed David.

2 Samuel 3:6

During the war between the families of Saul and David, Abner strengthened his position in Saul’s royal family.

1 Chronicles 12:29

From Benjamin’s descendants, Saul’s relatives, there were 3,000 men, though most of them remained loyal to Saul’s family.

1 Chronicles 12:30

From Ephraim’s descendants there were 20,800 warriors who were famous among their families.

Psalm 108:8

Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim is the helmet on my head. Judah is my scepter.

Numbers 1:40

The roster of families and households for the descendants of Asher listed the men by name who were at least 20 years old and eligible for military duty.

Joshua 16:5

This is the territory for the families descended from Ephraim. The eastern border of the land they inherited is from Ataroth Addar to Upper Beth Horon.

Joshua 16:8

At Tappuah the border goes west along the Kanah River and ends at the Mediterranean Sea. This is the land given as an inheritance to the families of the tribe of Ephraim

Joshua 16:9

with all the cities and their villages selected for Ephraim in Manasseh’s territory.

Joshua 17:1

The lot was drawn for the tribe of Manasseh, because Manasseh was Joseph’s firstborn. Machir, Manasseh’s firstborn, the ancestor of the people living in Gilead, had received Gilead and Bashan because he was a soldier.

Joshua 18:11

The lot was drawn for the families of the tribe of Benjamin. Their territory lies between Judah’s and Joseph’s.

Joshua 18:20

The Jordan River is its eastern border. These are the borders surrounding the inheritance given to Benjamin for its families.

Joshua 19:18

Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

Joshua 22:9

So the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh left the rest of the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan. They returned to Gilead. This was their own possession which they had captured as the Lord had instructed them through Moses.

Judges 1:32

So the tribe of Asher continued to live with the Canaanites because they did not force them out.

1 Samuel 29:1

The Philistines assembled their whole army at Aphek, and Israel camped at the spring in Jezreel.