Zebulun

Descendants of

• Genesis 46:14

  And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

• Numbers 26:26

  Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

• Numbers 26:27

  These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

Also called ZABULUN

Place of, in marching and camping

• Numbers 2:3

  And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

• Numbers 2:7

  Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

• Numbers 10:14

  In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

• Numbers 10:16

  And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

Territory awarded to

• Genesis 49:13

  Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

• Joshua 19:10–16

  And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, …

• Matthew 4:13

  And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

Aboriginal inhabitants of the territory of, not expelled

• Judges 1:30

  Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

Levitical cities of

• Joshua 21:34

  And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

• Joshua 21:35

  Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.

• 1 Chronicles 6:77

  Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

Moses' benediction upon

• Deuteronomy 33:18

  And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

• Deuteronomy 33:19

  They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

Loyalty of, in resisting the enemies of Israel

With Barak against Sisera

• Judges 4:6

  And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

• Judges 4:10

  And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

• Judges 5:14

  Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

• Judges 5:18

  Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

With Gideon against the Midianites

• Judges 6:35

  And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

With David when made king over Israel

• 1 Chronicles 12:33

  Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.

• 1 Chronicles 12:38–40

  All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

Joins with Hezekiah in renewing the Passover

• 2 Chronicles 30:11

  Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 30:18

  For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

Conquest of, by Tiglath-pileser; carried away to Assyria into captivity

• 2 Kings 15:29

  In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

• Isaiah 9:1

  Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

Jesus lived in the land of

• Matthew 4:15

  The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

Twelve thousand sealed

• Revelation 7:8

  Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.