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Zebulun

Also called Zabulon

Mentioned in 46 verses across 13 books, first in 1 Chronicles 2:1. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

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In the Bible

All 6 verses in 1 Chronicles, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Chronicles

  • 1 Chronicles 2:1

    These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:63

    The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:77

    The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:33

    From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:40

    And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:19

    over Zebulun was Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; over Naphtali was Jerimoth son of Azriel;

Events

Events the dataset lists Zebulun as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. 1751 BC
    Birth of ZebulonGenesis 30:19–20
  2. c. 1728 BC
    Joseph sold to EgyptGenesis 37:3–36 · at Egypt
  3. c. 1708 BC
    7 years of famineGenesis 41:54–43:34
  4. c. 1706 BC
    Joseph's brothers return to EgyptGenesis 43:1–45:28 · at Egypt

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Dwelling, the sixth and youngest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 30:20). Little is known of his personal history. He had three sons (46:14).

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