{"query": "Easton: Tribe", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_505139b1b9ab", "title": "Easton: Naphtali, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, “Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words” (Gen. 49:21). It was intended thus to set forth under poetic imagery the future characte"}, {"id": "card_c_b01281abd616", "title": "Easton: Naphtali, Tribe of references Tribe", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Tribe (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_44ff4f44d6ee", "title": "Easton: Zebulun, Tribe of references Tribe", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Tribe (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_01852b1c1d1c", "title": "Easton: Simeon, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was “divided and scattered” according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wild"}, {"id": "card_n_3f0a9102027b", "title": "Easton: Judah, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Judah and his three surviving sons went down with Jacob into Egypt (Gen. 46:12; Ex. 1:2). At the time of the Exodus, when we meet with the family of Judah again, they have increased to the number of 7"}, {"id": "card_c_cca2f4390d6b", "title": "Easton: Issachar references Tribe", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Tribe (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_c42ad4111361", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob’s blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the fo"}, {"id": "card_n_77e9c7a12acc", "title": "Easton: Kenites", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Smiths, the name of a tribe inhabiting the desert lying between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai. Jethro was of this tribe (Judg. 1:16). He is called a “Midianite” (Num. 10:29), and hence"}, {"id": "card_n_45636819ef17", "title": "Easton: Levite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A descendant of the tribe of Levi (Ex. 6:25; Lev. 25:32; Num. 35:2; Josh. 21:3, 41). This name is, however, generally used as the title of that portion of the tribe which was set apart for the subordi"}, {"id": "card_n_32cb09b0f521", "title": "Easton: Reuben, Tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "At the Exodus numbered 46,500 male adults, from twenty years old and upwards (Num. 1:20, 21), and at the close of the wilderness wanderings they numbered only 43,730 (26:7). This tribe united with tha"}, {"id": "card_n_c7045cda2002", "title": "Easton: Jabesh-Gilead", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A town on the east of Jordan, on the top of one of the green hills of Gilead, within the limits of the half tribe of Manasseh, and in full view of Beth-shan. It is first mentioned in connection with t"}, {"id": "card_n_d527b91db34d", "title": "Easton: Zelophehad", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First-born, of the tribe of Manasseh, and of the family of Gilead; died in the wilderness. Having left no sons, his daughters, concerned lest their father’s name should be “done away from among his fa"}, {"id": "card_n_69ff6a6c4b75", "title": "Easton: Asher", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Happy, Jacob’s eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid (Gen. 30:13). Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the list of the tribes (35:26; 46:17; Ex. 1"}, {"id": "card_n_979dd38e8df1", "title": "Easton: Issachar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hired (Gen. 30:18). “God hath given me,” said Leah, “my hire (Heb. sekhari)...and she called his name Issachar.” He was Jacob’s ninth son, and was born in Padan-aram (comp. 28:2). He had four sons at "}, {"id": "card_n_f47042634e52", "title": "Easton: Manasseh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Who makes to forget. “God hath made me forget” (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1"}, {"id": "card_n_cc1a489c9c38", "title": "Easton: Benjamin", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mo"}, {"id": "card_n_229b0241062e", "title": "Easton: Judah, Kingdom of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "When the disruption took place at Shechem, at first only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. But very soon after the tribe of Benjamin joined the tribe of Judah, and Jerusalem became the c"}, {"id": "card_n_edeb12ce7903", "title": "Easton: Amalek", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of "}, {"id": "card_n_ecb95b517f49", "title": "Easton: Ahihud", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Brother (i.e., “friend”) of union. (1.) A son of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:7). (2.) Name different in Hebrew, meaning brother of Judah. Chief of the tribe of Asher; one of those appointed by"}, {"id": "card_n_89aca6935a6d", "title": "Easton: Nebaioth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Height. (1.) Ishmael’s eldest son (Gen. 25:13), and the prince of an Israelitish tribe (16). He had a sister, Mahalath, who was one of Esau’s wives (Gen. 28:9; 36:3). (2.) The name of the Ishmaelite t"}]}