Deuteronomy 33:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the Lord, he abides in safety beside him; He shelters him all day long; the beloved abides at his breast.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:24

Then David consoled Bathsheba his wife. He went and slept with her; and she conceived and bore him a son, who was named Solomon. The Lord loved him

2 Samuel 12:25

and sent the prophet Nathan to name him Jedidiah, on behalf of the Lord. End of the Ammonite War.

1 Kings 12:21

On his arrival in Jerusalem, Rehoboam assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—one hundred and eighty thousand elite warriors—to wage war against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam, son of Solomon.

2 Chronicles 11:1

On his arrival in Jerusalem, Rehoboam assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin—one hundred and eighty thousand elite warriors—to wage war against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

2 Chronicles 15:2

He went forth to meet Asa and said to him: “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him, and if you seek him he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Psalm 132:14

“This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I desire it.

Psalm 60:5

You made your people go through hardship, made us stagger from the wine you gave us.

Psalm 91:4

He will shelter you with his pinions, and under his wings you may take refuge; his faithfulness is a protecting shield.

Exodus 28:12

Set these two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod as memorial stones of the sons of Israel. Thus Aaron shall bear their names on his shoulders as a reminder before the Lord.

Isaiah 37:22

This is the word the Lord has spoken concerning him: She despises you, laughs you to scorn, the virgin daughter Zion; Behind you she wags her head, daughter Jerusalem.

Isaiah 37:35

I will shield and save this city for my own sake and the sake of David my servant.”

Isaiah 51:16

I have put my words into your mouth, I covered you, shielded by my hand, Stretching out the heavens, laying the foundations of the earth, saying to Zion: You are my people.

Jeremiah 12:7

I have abandoned my house, cast off my heritage; The beloved of my soul I have delivered into the hand of her foes.

Numbers 34:21

from the tribe of Benjamin: Elidad, son of Chislon;

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Deuteronomy 12:10

But after you have crossed the Jordan and dwell in the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you as a heritage, when he has given you rest from all your enemies round about and you live there in security,

Deuteronomy 32:11

As an eagle incites its nestlings, hovering over its young, So he spread his wings, took them, bore them upon his pinions.

Deuteronomy 33:11

Bless, Lord, his strength, be pleased with the work of his hands. Crush the loins of his adversaries and of his foes, that they may not rise.

Deuteronomy 4:37

For love of your ancestors he chose their descendants after them and by his presence and great power led you out of Egypt,

Judges 1:21

As for the Jebusites dwelling in Jerusalem, the Benjaminites did not dispossess them, so that the Jebusites live with the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to the present day.

1 Samuel 10:20

So Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.