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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(dwelling). (1) Tenth
son
of
Jacob
, and sixth and last by
Leah
(
Gen. 30:20; 35:23
20
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. (Genesis 30:20)
23
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: (Genesis 35:23)
).
Three
sons are ascribed to him at the
time
of the migration to
Egypt
(
Gen. 46:14
14
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. (Genesis 46:14)
).
Zebulun
was one of the
six
tribes stationed on
Ebal
to pronounce
the curse
(
Deut. 27:13
13
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (Deuteronomy 27:13)
). The allotment of the tribe was bounded as in
Joshua 19:10-16
10
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
11
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
12
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,
13
And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
14
And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el:
15
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16
This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. (Joshua 19:10‑16)
, and in general stretched from
Acre
to
Jordan
, taking in the plain of
Esdraelon
. The tribe did not expel the natives in its allotment, but associated with them and fell into easy commercial intercourse with Phoenicia on the
west
(
Judg. 1:30
30
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. (Judges 1:30)
). It became an idolatrous tribe (
2 Chron. 30:10-18
10
So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
11
Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
13
And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
14
And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
15
Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
16
And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
17
For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.
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 (2 Chronicles 30:10‑18)
), and its territory was depopulated in the
captivity
of
Israel
by
Tiglath-pileser
(
2 Kings 15:29
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. (2 Kings 15:29)
). (2) A boundary place of
Asher
(
Josh. 19:27
27
And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, (Joshua 19:27)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Border city of
Asher
(
Josh. 19:27
27
And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, (Joshua 19:27)
). Identified by some with
Neby Sebelan
, 33° 1' N, 35° 20' E.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
2074
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Zbuwluwn
Phonic:
zeb-oo-loon’
Meaning:
or Zbuluwn {zeb-oo-loon'}; or Zbuwlun {zeb-oo-loon'}; from
2082
; habitation; Zebulon, a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe
KJV Usage:
Zebulun
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
dwelling
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Dwelling wished for; habitation:―son of Jacob; his tribe and territory, Gen. 30:20. {Habitatio exoptaia}
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