2 Samuel 2:9

New Century Version

and made him king of Gilead, Ashuri, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 30:13

and Leah said, “I am very happy! Now women will call me happy,” so she named him Asher.

2 Samuel 2:10

Saul’s son Ish-Bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he ruled two years. But the people of Judah followed David.

2 Samuel 3:6

During the war between the supporters of Saul’s family and the supporters of David’s family, Abner made himself a main leader among the supporters of Saul.

1 Chronicles 12:29

There were three thousand men from Benjamin, who were Saul’s relatives. Most of them had remained loyal to Saul’s family until then.

1 Chronicles 12:30

There were twenty thousand eight hundred men from Ephraim. They were brave warriors and were famous men in their own family groups.

Psalm 108:8

Gilead and Manasseh are mine. Ephraim is like my helmet. Judah holds my royal scepter.

Numbers 1:40

The tribe of Asher was counted; all the men twenty years old or older who were able to serve in the army were listed by name with their families and family groups.

Joshua 16:5

This is the land that was given to the family groups of Ephraim: Their border started at Ataroth Addar in the east, went to Upper Beth Horon,

Joshua 16:8

The border went from Tappuah west to Kanah Ravine and ended at the sea. This is all the land that was given to each family group in the tribe of the Ephraimites.

Joshua 16:9

Many of the towns were actually within Manasseh’s borders, but the people of Ephraim got those towns and their villages.

Joshua 17:1

Then land was given to the tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s first son. Manasseh’s first son was Makir, the father of Gilead. Makir was a great soldier, so the lands of Gilead and Bashan were given to his family.

Joshua 18:11

The first part of the land was given to the tribe of Benjamin. Each family group received some land between the land of Judah and the land of Joseph. This is the land chosen for Benjamin:

Joshua 18:20

The Jordan River was the border on the eastern side. So this was the land given to the family groups of Benjamin with the borders on all sides.

Joshua 19:18

Their land included Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,

Joshua 22:9

So the people from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh left the other Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan and went back to Gilead. It was their own land, given to them by Moses as the Lord had commanded.

Judges 1:32

Since the people of Asher did not force them out, the Canaanites continued to live with them.

1 Samuel 29:1

The Philistines gathered all their soldiers at Aphek. Israel camped by the spring at Jezreel.