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Person

Zebulun

Also called Zabulon

Mentioned in 46 verses across 13 books, first in Judges 1:30. 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 7 verses in Judges, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Judges

  • Judges 1:30

    Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.

  • Judges 4:6

    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

  • Judges 4:10

    where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

  • Judges 5:14

    Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

  • Judges 5:18

    Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

  • Judges 6:35

    Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.

  • Judges 12:12

    Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

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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