Genesis 42:36   Jacob screams at his 9 sons, “You've bereaved me of my children! Joseph's gone! Simeon's gone! And now you're going to take Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} away. Everything [you do fights] against me!”
Genesis 42:37  Reuben {Look-a-Son} comforts his Dad, saying, “Butcher my [own] two sons if I fail to bring Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} back to you.” [Jacob shakes his head ‘No.’ Reuben shouts,] “Deliver Benjamin into my authority. I will bring him [home] to you!” Genesis 42:38 Jacob replies, “[I'll never send] my baby-boy [Benjamin] down [to Egypt] with you [disowned louts]! His brother [Joseph] is dead. So [Benjamin] is left alone, [the only living son I still recognize]. If mischief befalls Benjamin on the road you're taking, then you [miscreants] will bring my gray hairs down to the grave in sorrow!”
Jacob disowns 10 of the 12 patriarchs of Israel, because they're horrible people. Also because he never intended to have children with their mothers. Decades of pain have taught him that it was a big mistake for him to bed anyone but his beloved wife Rachel.Genesis 43:3 Judah {Celebrated} pleads with his Dad, saying, “The [Egyptian] man strongly warned us. He said, ‘You'll never [again] see my face, unless your brother [Benjamin] returns with you.’ Genesis 43:4 [So, Dad,] send our brother [Benjamin] with us. Only then will we go down [to Egypt] and buy you food. Genesis 43:5 If instead you refuse to send Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, we won't go down [to Egypt,] because ‘The Man’ said to us, “Never appear before my face unless your [youngest] brother is with you.” Genesis 43:9  —I'll insure Benjamin's safety. Demand him, [on pain of my life], from my hand. If I fail to bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
Not a smart thing to promise. You don't know what the future will bring.Genesis 43:11  Israel replies to his [10 sons], “If [taking Benjamin] can't be avoided, do this: take some of the best fruits in the land in your luggage, to [praise] ‘the man.’ Carry down presents for him: a little [healing] balm, plus a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds. Genesis 43:13  Take your brother [Benjamin]. Get packed. Travel back [south] to the [Egyptian] man. Genesis 43:14  I pray that Elohim Almighty gives you mercy in the sight of ‘the man,’ so he'll send home your brother [Simeon] and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. If [YAH takes] my children, I'll [die] bereaved.” | Israel's 9 Sons Take Benjamin To Egypt | Genesis 43:15 So [Israel's 9 sons] pack the gifts. And they grab enough silver to pay for 2 [loads of grain]. They get up [early in the morning. They lift] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} [onto a donkey]. They travel down [south] to Egypt. There they stand before Joseph {Increaser}.
Genesis 43:16  Joseph sees Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} with [9 of his brothers]. Joseph says to his court manager, “Bring these men inside the building. Slaughter [a bunch of animals]. Cook a feast. These men will dine with me at noon.” Genesis 43:29  Joseph {Increaser} lifts up his eyes, 😇. He sees his [22 year-old] brother Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, his mother [Rachel's] boy. [Fighting back tears,] Joseph asks [his brothers,] “Is this your younger brother, who you told me about?” [“Yes,” they reply.] Joseph says [to Benjamin,] “ [I pray that] Elohim stays [forever] gracious to you, my son.”
Benjamin at this point has been busy impregnating women for years; he already has 10 sons of his own. See 46:21.Genesis 43:33  Joseph {Increaser} tells each of his brothers where to sit, 😇. To their amazement, he seats them facing him [in the correct order of their ages, from oldest to youngest,] the firstborn [Reuben] in the place of honor, the youngest [Benjamin] in last place. Genesis 43:34 Joseph {Increaser} [walks into the kitchen]. He sends out [waiters carrying] plates of food to his brothers. He sends Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} a feast-plate five times bigger than what he sends his older brothers, 😇. Joseph's brothers drink [lots of wine]. They enjoy a big reunification party.
Benjamin gets the most honor, even though he's the youngest. This is a foreshadowing of the final judgement, when the disciples of the Messiah get honor, while the Jews who reject the Messiah take a back seat, even though they've been serving YHVH (off an on) for thousands of years. | Joe's Soldiers Bust Ben For Stealing The Cup! | Genesis 44:6 [So, 😇, out rides Joseph's steward, flanked by a band of attack soldiers. They] overtake [Joseph's brothers. [The attackers] cut off the [Israelites'] path! The Egyptians' war-horses kick a cloud of dust in the Israelites' faces. The steward digs Joseph's silver cup out of Benjamin's bag. The steward screams] the exact words Joseph scripted!
Genesis 44:12 [The steward] searches [Joseph's brothers,] starting with [Reuben,] the oldest, and finishing with [Benjamin,] the youngest. [The steward digs his hand into Benjamin's sack.] He yanks out Joseph's silver chalice, 😇! Genesis 44:17 Joseph {Increaser} replies, “Elohim forbid that I [enslave all of you]. [My steward] found my chalice in the hand of [Benjamin]. So [Benjamin] will [forever] be my slave. As for you [other 10 sons of Israel], mount [your donkeys]. [Ride north] in peace to your father.” Genesis 44:20 We replied to [you,] my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man. [He's back home with] his youngest son, [born] in his old age. [Our other] brother lies dead, leaving [Benjamin] the only living son of his mother [Rachel]. [Our] father loves [Benjamin more than life]!’ Genesis 44:21 And you said to [us,] your servants, ‘Bring [Benjamin] down to me, so I can set my eyes upon him.’Genesis 44:22  And we answered [you,] my lord, ‘The boy [Benjamin] can't leave his father. For if he leaves his father, his father will die.’ Genesis 44:26 We answered [our father], ‘We can't go down [to Egypt without Benjamin,] our youngest brother. But if [Benjamin] goes with us, then we'll go down [to Egypt]. Because we can't see “The Man's” face unless our youngest brother [travels] with us.’ Genesis 44:29 So if you take [Benjamin] from me, and evil befalls him, you'll bring my gray hairs down to the grave in sorrow.’
Meaning, "You'll kill me."Genesis 44:30 So now, when I come to your servant my father, and his boy [Benjamin] isn't with us, [it'll finish our Dad]. [His] life is bound up in the boy's life. Genesis 44:31 When [father] sees that the boy [Benjamin is] absent from us, [father] will [fall over] dead. [We] your servants will [have brought] the gray hairs of your servant our father down to the grave in sorrow. Genesis 44:32  For [I,] your servant, pledged my life to my father as insurance for the boy: I vowed, ‘If I fail to bring [Benjamin] back to you, then I'll forever bear my father's blame.’
That was a dumb thing to promise. Insurance = surety. Suretyship is always forbidden by the scriptures.Genesis 44:33 So now, I beg you my lord, let [me] your servant stay here [as your slave] instead of the boy [Benjamin]. [Please] let the boy travel up [north to our Dad] with his brothers.
Judah, making up for his guilt of selling Joseph, now offers to make himself a slave to save Benjamin.Genesis 45:12 Look: your eyes and the eyes of my [little] brother Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} see that it's my mouth that speaks to you. Genesis 45:14 Joseph {Increaser} falls upon his brother Benjamin's neck. [Joseph] weeps. And Benjamin weeps on Joseph's neck. Genesis 45:22 To each of his [brothers], Joseph {Increaser} gives [a] set of clothes, 😇. But to Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} [Joseph] gives 300 pieces of silver, and five [new] sets of [royal] clothes! Genesis 46:19 [Next into Egypt rides] Joseph's brother Benjamin {Son-Of-Strength}, the 2nd (and final) son birthed by Jacob's wife Rachel {Ewe}.Genesis 46:21 [Joseph's boys play tackle-ball with] Benjamin's boys: Belah {Swallower}, Becher {Young-Camel} & Ashbel {Flow}, Gera {Grain} & Naaman {Sweet}, Ehi {Brotherly} & Rosh {Shaker}, [the] Muppim {Rockers} & [the] Huppim {Lockers}, and Ard {Wanderer}. Genesis 49:26  [Joseph,] the blessings [you've brought to me (your] father), exceed the blessings [YAH] gave to [any of] my progenitors! [You are blessed] beyond the hills, into eternity!” [Jacob turns to his other sons: “Blessings forever] rest on the head of Joseph {Increaser}—on the crown of the head of [the one holy man among you criminals. Joseph has always stayed] separate from [the sins of you,] his [11 reprobate] brothers.” [The brothers protest, “What about little Benjamin?! He's innocent!”] | Jacob Curses The Violent Tribe Of Benjamin | Genesis 49:27  [Jacob scowls at Benjamin,] “Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he devours the prey. At night he divides the spoil.”
The Benjamites go on to create all kinds of trouble down through history.Exodus 1:3  —Issachar {Reward}, Zebulun {House}, Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son},Numbers (Journeys) 1:11 From [the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, [choose] Abidan {Father-Judge}, son of Gideoni {Chopper}.Numbers (Journeys) 1:36 [The clerks similarly] count the descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}:Numbers (Journeys) 1:37 The tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} numbers 35400.Numbers (Journeys) 2:22 “Next [will travel] the tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. The descendants of Benjamin will be led by Abidan {Father-Judge} (the son of Gideoni {Chopper}).”Numbers (Journeys) 2:23 The counted men of the [tribe of Benjamin] number 35400.
Ensign: Gemini. Sons of Rachel on the WEST. Numbers (Journeys) 7:60 On the 9th day [of donations], Abidan {Father-Judge} (the son of Gideoni {Chopper}, leader of the descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}), [carts his] donations [to the Meeting Tent].Numbers (Journeys) 10:24  Abidan {Father-Judge} (the son of Gideoni {Chopper}) leads the massive tribe of the descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.Numbers (Journeys) 13:9 [The spy] from the tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} is Palti {Rescued} (the son of Raphu {Cured}).Numbers (Journeys) 26:38 [Next, the scribes count] the descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} by clan: [including the sons] of Bela {Swallower}, the forefather of the AshBeli [Swallowers], [and] of Ashbel {Flow}, the forefather of the Ashbelites, [and] of Ahiram {Tall-Brother}, the forefather of the Achirami {Big-Brothers};Numbers (Journeys) 26:41 That, 😇, wraps the list of the [able-bodied] male descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, ordered by clan. Their head-count totals 45600.Numbers (Journeys) 34:21 [The leader] from the tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} is Elidad {El's-Love} the son of Chislon {Hopeful}.Deuteronomy 27:12 [Moses] says, "After you cross [the] Jordan [river], [leaders from] the following [tribes from Jacob's lawful marriages] will [hike up and] stand atop mount Gerizim {Cut-Rock} to bless the [Israeli] people: Simeon {Listener}, Levi {Uniter}, Judah {Celebrated}, Issachar {Reward}, Joseph {Increaser}, and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.
These 6 tribes associated with blessing are from Rachel & Leah, Jacob's actual wives.Deuteronomy 33:12  Then, [to bless the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, [Moses sings], “YHVH safely-shelters his beloved [child]. [So] keep trusting [YAH]. YHVH spreads his [protection] over his darling all day long. [The faithful] live between [YAH's] wings.”
Jerusalem sits as if between the shoulders of two ‘wings of YHVH’. These wing-mountains are in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
"By him" is not in some texts. | Joshua Allots Territory To Benjamin's Tribe | Joshua 18:11  First [JAHshua throws] the lot [parceling land to] the clans of the tribe descended from Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. Benjamin's lot comes out placing their border[s] between the clans of Judah {Celebrated} and the clans of Joseph {Increaser}.
Joshua 18:12 Benjamin's northern border begins at [the] Jordan river. Then the border runs up alongside Jericho {Moon-Spirit} on the north side. It continues up westward through the mountains, arriving at the wilderness of Beth-Aven {House-Of-Vanity}.Joshua 18:13 Then [Benjamin's] border-line passes toward Luz {Nut-Tree} (on the south side of Luz) aka Beth-El {House-Of-El}. Then the border descends to Ataroth-Adar {Crowns-Of-Magnificence}, near the hill on the south side of Lower Beth-Horon {Cave-House}.Joshua 18:14 [JAHshua] draws [Benjamin's] border-line turning from [its north] western [seaward] corner, then heading southward from the hill south of (and facing) Beth-Horon {Cave-House}. [Benjamin's border] line ends at Kirjath-Baal {City-Of-The-Lord}, aka Kirjath-Yearim {City-Of-Forests}, a city belonging to the descendants of Judah {Celebrated}, thus forming [Benjamin's] Western border.Joshua 18:15 Then [Benjamin's] southern border extends from the extreme edge of Kirjath-Yearim {City-Of-Forests}, extending out to the source-waters of Nephtoah {Open-Wide}.Joshua 18:16 [Then Benjamin's] border-line runs down to the foot of the mountain that lies facing the Ben-Hinnom valley, north of the Valley of the Rephaim {Giants}. [Then Benjamin's line] continues down the Hinnom Valley, to the south slope of [Jerusalem, previous capitol-city of the] Jebusi {Threshers}. Then [the line] descends to En-Rogel {Traveler's-Fountain}.Joshua 18:17 [Then Joshua draws Benjamin's borderline] curving north, then running on to En-Shemesh {Fountain-Of-The-Sun}, continuing on toward Geliloth {Circles}, which faces the ascent to Adummim {Red-Spots}. Then [Benjamin's line] descends to the stone of Bohan {Thumb} (the son of Reuben {Look-a-Son}).Joshua 18:18 [Then Benjamin's border-line] heads north. It passes alongside the Arabah {Desert-Plain} [in the southern Jordan river valley]. Then [it dips] down into [the] Arabah.Joshua 18:19 [Then Benjamin's] border passes alongside Beth-Hoglah {Partridge-House} heading north, 😇. The border terminates at the north bay of the salt sea (at the south end of [the] Jordan [river]), thus forming [Benjamin's] southern boundary.Joshua 18:20 The entire Jordan [river] forms Benjamin's eastern border, 😇. The above describes the borders surrounding the [lands] inherited by the various clans of the descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.Joshua 18:21 So the various clans of the tribe descended from Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} receive the following cities: Jericho {Moon-Spirit}, Beth-Hoglah {Partridge-House}, and the valley of Keziz {Chop};Joshua 18:22 And [Benjamin gets] Beth-Arabah {Desert-House}, Zemaraim {Double-Fleece}, and Beth-El {House-Of-El};Joshua 18:23 And [Benjamin gets] Avim {Overthrow}, Parah {Cow}, and Ophrah {She-Fawn};Joshua 18:24 And [Benjamin gets] Chephar-Haammonai {Inbred-Village}, Ophni {Mouldy}, and Geba {Flower-Hill}; 12 cities plus their [surrounding] villages, 😇:
Ophni = modern Jifna.Joshua 18:25 [And Benjamin gets] Gibeon {Flower-Hills}, Ramah {Heights}, and Beeroth {Wells};Joshua 18:26 And [Benjamin settles] Mizpah {Watch-Tower}, Chephirah {Covered-Village}, and Mozah {Suck};Joshua 18:27 And [Benjamin gets] Rekem {Colorful}, IrpeEl {El-Heals}, and Taralah {Shaker};Joshua 18:28 And [Benjamin gets] Zelah {Limp}, Eleph {Ox}, Jebusi {Thresh} aka Jerusalem, Gibeah {Flower-Hills}, and Kirjath {City-Of-Forests}: [in all,] 14 cities plus their [surrounding] villages. That, 😇, sums up the [land] inherited by the various clans of the descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.Joshua 21:4  The [first priestly] lot shoots out [of the High Priest's hand, 😇]. To the families of the Kohathite [clan] of the Levite descendants of [ex-high] priest Aaron, the [lot] assigns 13 cities (out of the tribes of Judah {Celebrated}, Simeon {Listener} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}).
The Lot, whatever it is, comes out of the bag (containing the urim and the thummin) behind the High Priest's breastplate.Joshua 21:17 And from the [land of the] tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, [the priests get] 4 cities: Gibeon {Flower-Hills} and Geba {Hillock} with their pasturelands;Joshua 21:18 [And to the priests, Benjamin's tribe cedes] Anathoth {Answer-Town} and Almon {Hidden-Town} with the [surrounding] pasturelands. | Other Tribes Get Too Slack To Evict Pagans | Judges 1:21  But the sons of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} fail to drive out the Jebusite {Threshers} inhabiting Jerusalem. So, 😇, to the day [of this writing,] the [Threshers] dwell with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem.
Judges 5:14  Out of [the] Double-Fruit [hills] streams a ‘root’ [of brave men to make praise-war against] Amalek {Blood-Licker}. Then you, Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}: [your tribe] joins your nation. Lawgivers [march] out of [the land of] Machir {Salesman}. From [the tribe of] Zebulun flock [elders] bearing the rod of authority. Judges 10:9  Even worse, the [inbred] spawn of Ammon cross [west] over [the] Jordan [river] to fight against the tribes of Judah {Celebrated}, Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, and Ephraim {Double-Fruit}. So Israel lives in constant suffering, 😇. | Priest & His Whore Ride To The Flower-Hills | Judges 19:14 So the [Priest and his whore & servant] pass [Jebus]. They [ride] down the road [in the twilight]. The sun goes [completely black] as they near Gibeah {Flower-Hills}, [a region in the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.
Gibeah will become the birthplace of demon-possessed King Saul.Judges 20:3  (Meanwhile, the sons of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} hear that the [leaders] of Israel have traveled up to [convene] at Mizpah {Watch-Tower}.) [At the grand assembly,] the sons of Israel ask the [bereaved priest], “Tell us, how did [your concubine's] criminal [rape-murder] happen?” Judges 20:4  The Levite [priest], the husband of the murdered [whore], answers, “I traveled into Gibeah {Flower-Hills}, [the territory that] belongs to [the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. I [came with] my concubine, to stay the night. Judges 20:6 Then I took my [dead] concubine [home]. I cut her into pieces. I sent [one body part to each tribe] throughout all the country Israel inherited, to [make the Israelites aware that the ‘sons’ of Benjamin] committed [this] obscene and degrading crime in Israel. Judges 20:10  And we'll draft 10 men from [every] 100 [men] throughout all the tribes of Israel: (100 [men] per thousand, hence 1000 men out of [every] 10 thousand) to fetch food for our [militia. Out great fighting force] will [rain down death upon our arrival at] at Gibeah [in the land of the tribe] of Benjamin! We'll [hammer down full payback] for all the wicked [crimes] the [flower-hills perverts] have committed in Israel!”
Shock and awe.Judges 20:12 The tribes of Israel send [messengers] racing through the whole tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. [The messengers] scream, “How [are you going pay for] this awful [rape-murder] committed by your men? Judges 20:13  —Right now, deliver to us the [rapists-murderers], the worthless trash-spawn you're hiding in Gibeah {Flower-Hills}, so we can put the [miscreants] to death, and drive away evil from Israel!” But the ‘sons’ of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} [refuse to] listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel, 😇:
Belial = worthless.Judges 20:14  [Instead of facilitating justice against the murderers and rapists they harbor,] the spawn of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} stream from their [surrounding] towns. [They] gather at Gibeah {Flower-Hill} [city. There they prepare] to march out to devour the [other] sons of Israel [in battle]. | Israeli Armies Face Off In A Civil War | Judges 20:15 The ‘sons’ of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} (from the towns) number 26 thousand sword-flashing men, plus the inhabitants of Gibeah {Flower-Hills} [city], who provide an additional 700 choice [fighting] men.
Judges 20:17 [On the other side:] the men of Israel, excluding [the enemy tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, number 400 thousand sword-drawing men: all men of war. Judges 20:18 The sons of Israel rise. They march up to Beth-El {House-of-El}. They demand [a war-blessing from] Elohim. [They growl,] “Which of us goes up first to devour the Benjamin-spawn?” Then YHVH, [sadness in his voice, knowing how the coming carnage will unfold, truthfully] predicts, “Judah {Celebrated} will go up first.”
YHVH is not condoning war. He is predicting the future. Ask a bad question, get a bad answer. The right question would have been, “How can we avoid this genocidal bloodshed?” The right answer is, “Love your enemies.” There was no way to avoid this bloodshed because these people wanted blood, just like the people around you today.
The traditional (and also plausible) explanation for this verse is that Israel had devolved into nothing more than a pagan nation, so the Creator used their tribes to exterminate each other as pest control. Modern statesmen use belligerent young men as cannon fodder for this same population-reducing purpose. War cleans the human race of stupid kill-crazed men.Judges 20:20 [Many] men of Israel travel out to battle against [the army of the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. [Other] Israeli [soldiers likewise] put themselves in array to fight against their [blood-kin] at Gibeah {Flower-Hills}. | Benjamites Slaughter 22000 Fellow Israelis | Judges 20:21  The brats of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} rush [to war]. They stream out of Gibeah {Flower-Hills} city. That day they destroy—down to the ground—22000 Israelite men, 😇!
| Benjamites Slaughter Another 18000 Israelis! | Judges 20:23 Then the [beaten] ‘sons of Israel’ march up [to the priest]. They weep before YHVH until evening. They demand of YHVH, challenging him, “Shall [we] again attack in battle against the children of [our] brother Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}?” YHVH answers, “Grow up. [Go to your brother in peace.]”
YHVH does not say, “Attack.” He says, “GROW UP! RISE above your brother's petty eye-for-eye mentality! GO talk to your brother. Rise above the situation. Take the high road. Love your enemies.” But the hot-headed Israelites don't understand what YHVH is saying, because they don't want to understand. And YHVH goes to no great pains to make them understand, because no matter what he says, they're going to have their revenge.
The question is, should we:
#5066 nagash: be or come near; attack;
YHVH's answer is:
#5927 `alah aw-law': ascend, be high, mount, arise, break (the day) ...
The traditional interpretation is that the Creator wanted these war-crazed brutes to kill each other off to improve the gene pool.
When jerks murder each other, everybody wins.
Both armies were in the wrong: Benjamin's tribe condoned rape. The other 11 tribes condoned suicidal civil war. Heaven delights to see all senseless belligerents die.Judges 20:24 So, [misunderstanding YHVH's word,] the [revenge-crazed] sons of Israel march back [to attack] the sons of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} the 2nd day! Judges 20:25 So, [as clear punishment on Israel's ill-conceived war plan, the army of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} marches forth against [Israel] out of Gibeah the 2nd day. [Gibeah] again destroys down to the ground 18 thousand armed sword-drawing men of the sons of Israel!
The Israelites misunderstood YHVH's anti-war message, as they do today. YHVH is not in favor of civil war. LOVE your enemies. FEED your enemies.Judges 20:28 Phinehas {Snake-Mouth} (the son of Aaron's son ELeazar {El's-Aid}) stands before [the Ark] in the sunlight. [Phinehas] asks, “Shall I yet again [march] out to overcome the spawn of my brother Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}? Or should I [return home]?” YHVH answers, “Ascend. Tomorrow I deliver [your brother] into your hand.”
Again, the Israelites misinterpret YAH's answer. YAH says ‘go up.’ But YHVH does not command the Israelites to carnally fight. He commands the Israelites to RISE above the level of their morally-retarded violent brothers, to praise-march (Jericho-style) while YHVH destroys the evil rapists. But again the blood-crazed warmongers refuse to wait for YHVH's peaceful solution.Judges 20:30 On [this], the 3rd day [of fighting], the sons of Israel rise up against the sons of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. They put themselves in [battle] array against Gibeah {Flower-Hills}, [just as before]. Judges 20:31 The men of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} rush out against their [brother Israelites. Israel] draws [the Benjamites] away from the city. There [the Benjamites] begin to strike the [Israelis]. On the highway that goes up to Beth-El, and the other road to Gibeah's fields, the [Benjamites] kill (as before) about 30 Israeli men. Judges 20:32 So the men of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} brag, “The [Israelis lie] beaten down before us, just like [on] the [war's] 1st [day].” Meanwhile, the [opposing] sons of Israel cry, “Let's flee [in false retreat]. Let's draw the [enemy] from the city to the highways.” Judges 20:34 There rush against Gibeah 10 thousand choice men [of war, hand-picked] from [the entire country of] Israel. The battle rages so fierce [that the tribe of Benjamin] can't see their disaster looming [through their bloody blurred eyes]. Judges 20:35 So YHVH smites [the army of the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} before Israel. That day the sons of Israel destroy 25100 sword-drawing men of Benjamin.
This does not mean that YHVH condoned the battle. But he did end it. This does NOT mean that any of the people who killed the Benjamites will end up in heaven. Nor does it mean that we Christians are supposed to kill Muslims. Just because some so-called ‘Judeo-Christians’ win a battle doesn't mean that war is a permissible activity for holy people.Judges 20:36 Benjamin's battle-boys see they're beaten, 😇. The men of [united] Israel draw back from the Benjamites. They entrust the wrap-up to the ambush-men they've set around the army of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.Judges 20:39  Israel's [warriors] retreat from the battle. Instantly [the brutes of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} strike! They kill about 30 Israelite men. The [Benjamites] brag, “Surely the [Israelites] lie beaten down before us, like in the first battle.” Judges 20:41 The men of Israel about-face. [They charge from the burning city.] They attack the [stranded Benjamite army]. The men of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} stand stunned! [Shaking, peeing their pants], they see disaster rush upon them! Judges 20:44 There [in the field East of Gibeah] lie [the gaping bleeding mouths] of 18 thousand dead fighting men of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, all valiant warriors. Judges 20:46 So, 😇, that day fall 25000 sword-wielding men of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, all brave men of war. Judges 20:48 Meanwhile the [insanely vengeful] men of Israel turn again upon the people of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. They strike the [Benjamites] with the ‘bite’ of the sword. They [kill] the men of every town, and the animals, and anything their hands can reach. They torch up every city they come to.
Clearly insane, vengeful, hateful actions NOT approved by YHVH, as shown in every subsequent reference to Gibeah in the bible.Judges 21:14  So [the surviving men from the tribe of] Benjamin hike back [down the mountain]. The [Israelites] give the [Banjamites the kidnapped] “wives” they'd saved alive from the [massacre of the] women of Jabesh-Gilead {Arid-Heap}. Yet the [Benjamites] still lack women. Judges 21:15 [Meanwhile,] the [Israeli] people [continue to weep in] repentance for [murdering most of the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. [Shifting blame, they cry,] “YHVH, why did you open a chasm [of war and hatred] between the tribes of Israel?!”
YHVH didn't make the chasm. They're blaming YHVH for their own war-crimes. Just like today's Judeo-Christians.Judges 21:16  Then the elders of the congregation ask, “ [We] killed the women of [the tribe of] Benjamin. So how can we get [Israeli] wives for the surviving [Benjamite men]?” Judges 21:17 [Some elders] add, “The [men] of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} who escaped [our swords] need heirs. Otherwise [death] will wipe [their] tribe out of Israel [in one generation]. Judges 21:18 But we can't give the [Benjamites] wives from our daughters. We sons of Israel swore a vow that: ‘Anyone who gives a wife to [a man from the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} is [an] accursed [pariah].’” Judges 21:20  So [Israel's elders foolishly] command this [crazy] order to the [few surviving] sons of Benjamin: “ [Hike to Beth-El]. Lie in ambush in the vineyards. Judges 21:21 Then keep your eyes peeled. When the girls of Shiloh {Tranquil} come out [to the field] to whirl around in [their praise] dances, then you rush out of the vineyards. Every man of you kidnap his [new] ‘wife’ from the daughters of Shiloh. Haul [the girls off] to the land of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.
Stupid, idiotic, not-blessed idea.Judges 21:22  —Then when the [girls'] fathers or their brothers come to us [elders] to complain, we'll say to them, ‘For our sakes, don't [murder] the [kidnappers. They had to steal your girls. We went crazy and killed all the wives and daughters of the tribe of Benjamin] in the war. We forgot to save some [baby-breeders] for the survivors. But you're not guilty [of breaking your oath, because] you didn't ‘give’ your daughters to [the Benjamites. You're just letting the Benjamites steal your daughters].’”
A farce of mind-boggling stupidity, softened only by the possibility that the girls were subsequently allowed some freedom as to if and/or who they would marry.Judges 21:23 So, 😇, the spawn of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} do it: they [illegally] kidnap every single praise-dancing girl. They haul the [screaming ladies] off to [Benjamin's] family-land [s]. [The Benjamites force the girls to act as their] wives. Then the [Benjamites start] repair their [war-torn] cities. Eventually they re-inhabit their [blood-soaked land]. | Old Fat Eli Dies Hearing Of Israel's Defeat | 1st Samuel 4:12 A man [from the tribe] of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} sprints out of the army. He runs [northeast all] day to Shiloh {Tranquil}. [He arrives there] with his clothes ripped. Dirt [covers] his [bleeding] head.
| Young Saul Goes Looking For His Dad's Donkeys | 1st Samuel 9:1 As [Israel prepares for their first royal election], a man from [the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} [loses his donkey]. (The man is [not just any old man. He's] named Kish {Bow}, the son of AbiEl {Father-El}, the son of Zeror {Package}, the son of Bechorath {Firstborn}, the son of Aphiah {Breeze}. [Kish is] a Benjamite mighty man of power.)
Apparently Saul lost his Dad's donkeys.1st Samuel 9:4 So Saul [and his worker] travel through the Ephraim {Double-Fruit} Hills. Then [they] travel through the land of Shalisha {Triple-Land}. But they find no donkeys. Then they travel through the land of Shalim {Foxes}. Still no donkeys. They canvas the land of the [tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. No donkeys. 1st Samuel 9:16 [YAH said,] “Tomorrow about this time I'll send you a man from the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. You'll anoint him leader over my people Israel, so he can save my nation out of the fist of the Philistines. I've looked [with compassion] on my flock; their cry has reached my [ears].”
Saul and Samson are examples of bad people to whom the Creator assigns dirty work. There is no indication that such destroyers will live eternally in heaven.1st Samuel 9:21  Saul answers, “I'm [just] a Benjamite, [a kid from] the smallest tribe in Israel. My family is the least [important] of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. So why do you speak [so highly] of me?” 1st Samuel 10:2  —When you [ride] away from me today, you'll find two men by Rachel's tomb on the border of [the land of the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, at Zelzah {Clear-Shade}. These [men] will say to you, “‘ [Your Dad] found the donkeys you went looking for—you'll see. But your father stopped tending the donkeys. [He ran off] worried about you, praying, ‘How can I help my [lost] son?’” 1st Samuel 10:20  SamuEl gets all the [leaders of the] tribes of Israel to approach [him. Then he pulls the supernatural Urim {Flame-Light} and Thumim {Innocence} stones from his breastplate. The glowing Urim stone levitates to point at] the tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. | Saul Hides From Kingship In The Baggage Pile | 1st Samuel 10:21  Then [SamuEl] gets the [leaders of the] tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} to approach him, arrayed by their families. [The glow-stone points to] the family of Matri {Rainy}. Then [the stone points] to Kish's son Saul. [The crowd looks. They see Saul's spot empty.] So they search for him. But they can't find him anywhere.
1st Samuel 13:2 [Mad king] Saul conscripts himself 3000 Israeli [fighting] men. 2000 of these [draftees march out (to war]) from Michmash {Hidden} and mount Beth-El {House-Of-El}. The [other] 1000 [men], led by [prince] JAHnathan {JAH's-Gift}, march from Gibeah {Flower-Hills} (in [the land of the tribe of] Benjamin). Saul sends the rest of [Israel's] people to their family tents. 1st Samuel 13:15 Then SamuEl {Heard-By-El} [rides] off. He travels uphill [northwest] from Gilgal {Wheel} to Gibeah {Flower-Hills} [in the tribal territory] of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. Meanwhile, Saul counts the [fighting men] present with him, about 600 men.
600 = number of man. | The Philistines Besiege Saul's Unarmed 'Army' | 1st Samuel 13:16 Then [king] Saul and his son JAHnathan {JAH's-Gift} (and the people with them) take up quarters in [Benjamin's tribal region] of Gibeah {Flower-Hills}. Meanwhile, the Philistine [army] camps at Michmash {Hidden}.
1st Samuel 22:7  So Saul [growls] to his servants standing surrounding him, “Now listen, you Benjamin-spawn! Will Yashai's [imp David] give every one of you fields and vineyards? [Will he] make you all commanders of thousands [of warriors], and leaders of hundreds [of subjects]?
No. David will let the people be free. He won't impose a hierarchical government.2nd Samuel 2:9  [There General Abner crowns Ish-Bosheth] king over Gilead {Monument-Mound}, and over the Assyrians [in the promised land], and over JezreEl {El-Plants}, and over [the lands of the tribes of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} and Ephraim {Double-Fruit}, and over all [of the other tribes of north] Israel.
Ashur may be a misinterpreted reference to the tribe of Asher. | Israeli General Abner Forges A Fragile Peace | 2nd Samuel 2:25 Then the [men descended] from Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} amass together under [northern General] Abner {Father-Of-Light}. They form one army standing on the top of a hill.
2nd Samuel 2:31 But David's [Judean] supporters count 360 [rebels they] killed from the [tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} and from [northern General] Abner's [other] warriors.
360 = 60 * 6, marking this battle as coming from man, not from YAH.2nd Samuel 3:19 Then [General] Abner [charges his black war-horse] to [the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. In their ears, [Abner shouts mutiny against Ish-Bosheth]. Then Abner rushes his 20 [attack] warriors [~30 miles south] to Hebron {Society}. There, in the ears of David, [Abner whispers the rebel plans of the tribe of] Benjamin and all of [north] Israel. 2nd Samuel 4:3 [(Note to 😇: These 2 captains] are the sons of Rimmon {Pomegranate}. [Rimmon] descended from Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. [Rimmon hailed] from Beeroth {Wells}. [Beeroth] is considered [part of the territory of the tribe] of Benjamin, because the [Benjamites moved in when the original] Beerothites fled to Gittaim {Double-Wine-Press}. The [original Beerothites] live as aliens [in Gittaim] to this day.)2nd Samuel 19:17  With Shimei {Famous} run 1000 men from [the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, including Ziba {Station} (the steward of [ex-king] Saul's dynasty) with [Ziba's] 15 sons and his 20 servants. Eastbound, they cross [the] Jordan [river] to meet king [David]. | Sheba Incites North Israel To Rebel vs David | 2nd Samuel 20:1 There at [the ‘Wheel’] [pops up] Sheba {Seven}, a [worthless] man of Belial {The-Devil} spawned by Bichri {Youth}, from [the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. [Sheba] blows a trumpet. He [screams], “We [northerners] have no share in David's [kingdom]! We [get] no inheritance [from any] spawn of Yashai (Jesse). All you men of [north] Israel, follow your [own] gods!”
Bichri = Becher from Gen 46:21.
Presumptuous Sopherim changed ‘gods’ ְל ֹא ָה ָליו to ‘tents’. This error persists in all the commercial bible translations.2nd Samuel 21:14 So the [Judaeans] bury the bones of Saul and [Saul's] son JAHnathan in the tomb of Kish {Bow}, [Saul's] father, in Zelah {Limp}, in the territory of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. The [Judeans] perform all [the burial rites] king [David] commands. Finally Elohim [answers the Judaeans'] prayers for the land [to produce food]. 2nd Samuel 23:29 —Heleb {Fat}, the son of Baanah {Force}, a Netophathite {Distiller}; [and] Ittai {Companion} the son of Ribai {Wrangler} a descendant of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} from Gibeah {Flower-Hill};1st Kings 4:18 Shimei {Famous}, the son of Elah {Everlasting-Oak-Power}, [brings Solomon's royal food from the land of the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. | YAH Stops King Rehoboam's Counter-Rebellion | 1st Kings 12:21 Meanwhile, Solomon's brat Rehoboam {Nation-Builder} [rides] back [~30km south] to Jerusalem. To re-unite the kingdom under [him], he assembles all the [top fighters] of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (180 thousand chosen warriors [sworn] to devour [rebel northern] Israel).
180 = 60 * 3, marking this as man's, not YAH's, military plan.1st Kings 12:23  [YAH] says, “Confront Solomon's brat (Judea's king Rehoboam {Nation-Builder}) and all the [leaders] of [the tribes of] Judah {Celebrated} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, and the rest of the [Israeli] people.1st Kings 15:22 Then king Asa makes a proclamation throughout all Judea. [Asa] invites every [Judean] man to come to Ramah {Heights} to haul away the stones and timber which [evil king] Baasha {Stink} used to construct [the evil fortress]. Then king Asa uses those [construction materials] to fortify [nearby] Geba {Hillock} [in the land] of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, and Mizpah {WatchTower}. 1st Chronicles 2:2 —Dan {Judge}, Joseph {Increaser}, and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, Naphtali {Wrestler}, Gad {Troop}, and Asher {Happy}.1st Chronicles 6:60 And from the tribe of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, [the Levites get] Geba {Hillock} with her surrounding land, and Alemeth {Covering} with her surrounding land, and Anathoth {Answer-Town} with her surrounding land. In total, the families descended [from Aaron through Kohath] get 13 cities [to use for ministry].1st Chronicles 6:65 And from the tribe descended from Judah {Celebrated}, and from the tribe descended from Simeon {Listener}, and from the tribe descended from Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, [YAH] allots the below-named cities [to the Levites]: | The Genealogy Of The Tribe Of Benjamin | 1st Chronicles 7:6 Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} [fathers] 3 sons: Bela {Swallower}, Becher {Womb-Popper}, and JediaEl {Knower-Of-El}.
1st Chronicles 7:10 JediaEl {Knower-Of-El} [fathers] a [son] named Bilhan {Timid}. Bilhan [fathers]: Jeush {Hasty}, Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, Ehud {Unity}, Chenaanah {Subject}, Zethan {Olive-Grove}, Tarshish {Gem}, and Ahishahar {Brother-Of-The-Dawn}.1st Chronicles 7:12 [Benjamin's line also spawns the] Shuppim {Snappers} and [the] Huppim {Trappers} (the sons of Ir {Watch}), and [the] Hushim {Speedsters} (sons of Aher {Follower}).
Some interpretations link the Hushim to the sons of Dan listed in Genesis 46:23. | More Genealogy Of Benjamin's Tribe | 1st Chronicles 8:1 Now Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} fathers his firstborn: Bela {Swallower}, [then son] #2: Ashbel {Flow}, then [son] #3: Aharah {Brother-Follower},
1st Chronicles 8:40 The sons of Ulam {Tongue-Tied} [storm the earth as] mighty, valiant men, archers. They spawn many sons and 150 grandsons. [Thus concludes the list of] the sons of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.1st Chronicles 9:3  The following descendants of Judah {Celebrated}, and of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, and of Ephraim {Double-Fruit}, and Manasseh {Sweet-Forgetting}, return to live in Jerusalem: 1st Chronicles 9:7 The [following] descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} [re-settle in Jerusalem]: Sallu {Heavyweight} the son of Meshullam {Allied}, the son of HodaviYah {Majesty-Of-Jah}, the son of Hasenuah {Thorn},1st Chronicles 9:9 All these [descendants of Benjamin move back to Jerusalem]. Including their [male] relatives, their genealogies list a total of 956 men. All the men [named] are chief fathers over their ancestral clans.1st Chronicles 11:31 —[and] Ithai [Near-One] the son of Ribai {Wrangler} of Gibeah {Flower-Hills} from the descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, [and] BenaYAH {YAH-Built} from Pirathon {Throne},1st Chronicles 12:2 [These defectors to David are] Saul's relatives from [the tribe of] Benjamin. [They arrive] armed with bows, trained to use both the right hand and the left to hurl stones [at their kill targets,] and to shoot arrows from bow [s]. 1st Chronicles 12:16 Also, descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} and Judah {Celebrated} [sneak] to the [cave], [defecting from evil king Saul] to [young] David {Love}. 1st Chronicles 12:29 The descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} (Saul's tribe) send 3000 men who have up to this moment loyally guarded Saul's dynasty. 1st Chronicles 21:6  But [General] Joab {JAH-Dad} knows that king [David's human-numbering] demand is abhorrent. So he refuses to number [the people of the tribes of] Levi and Benjamin.
Just like you should refuse to participate in modern human inventory systems (national I.D. numbers).1st Chronicles 27:12 Abiezer {Helpful-Father} (from Anetoth {Answer-Town}, from the [tribe] of Benjamin) [serves as] head of [David's] 24000 man [government] labor-force for the 9th month [of the year].1st Chronicles 27:21 Iddo {Timely} (the son of ZechariYah {YAH-Remembers}) [leads] the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead {Monument-Mound}. JaasiEl {Made-By-El} (the son of Abner {Father-Of-Light}) [leads the tribe] of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. | Rehoboam Amasses Judaea To Fight Jeroboam | 2nd Chronicles 11:1 [King] Rehoboam {Nation-Builder} returns to Jerusalem. He immediately amasses 180000 chosen battle-trained men of the tribes of Judah {Celebrated} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. [The troops prepare] to fight against [north] Israel, intent to reunite the kingdom under Rehoboam.
| YAH's Prophet Talks Rehoboam Into Peace | 2nd Chronicles 11:3  [YAH] says, “Command [peace] to Solomon's brat, Judea's king Rehoboam {Nation-Builder}, and to all Israelites [among the tribes of] Judah {Celebrated} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.
2nd Chronicles 11:10  — and Zorah {Wasp}, and Aijalon {Deer-Field}, and Hebron {Society}. [King Rehoboam] fortifies the above [and other] cities in [the lands of the tribes of] Judah {Celebrated} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.2nd Chronicles 11:12  [King] Rehoboam {Nation-Builder} stocks shields and spears in all [Judaea's] cities. He makes them beyond strong. [So the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin [stay] on [Rehoboam's] side [of the Israeli civil war]. 2nd Chronicles 11:23 [King] Rehoboam {Nation-Builder} deals shrewdly. He disperses all his brats throughout all the lands of [the tribes of] Judah {Celebrated} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. These [corrupt princes rule] every fortified city. [Rehoboam spoils his imps] by giving them tons of provisions. He even hunts [down] women [to feed the princes' royal sex-addictions]! | A Million Ethiopians Attack King Asa's Judea | 2nd Chronicles 14:8 Next [king] Asa assembles an army of men bearing [large] shields and spears. [The tribe of] Judah provides 300 thousand men. [The tribe of] Benjamin provides 280 thousand men who bear shields and draw bows—all of them mighty, valiant men, 😇.
2nd Chronicles 15:2  So [the prophet AzariYah rides] out to meet [king] Asa. [The prophet warns the king], “You listen to me, Asa, and everyone [you rule] in [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin. YHVH sticks with you while you stick with him. If you seek YHVH, you find him. But when you forsake YHVH, YHVH forsakes you!2nd Chronicles 15:8  [King] Asa hears these words prophesied by Oded {Testifier} the prophet. [So] Asa immediately takes courage. [He risks assassination by] getting rid of the abominable demon-idols from all the territories of the [tribes of] Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities he'd captured in the Ephraim {Double-Fruit} Hills. Then Asa refurbishes the altar of YHVH that faces the porch [in] YHVH's [temple]. 2nd Chronicles 15:9 North Israeli [ex-rebels] (from [the tribes of] Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon) see that YHVH ( [Asa's] Elohim) sticks with [Asa]. So [north Israelis] defect [south] to [Asa] in droves. [Asa] gathers these [defectors] with all [the southern tribes:] Judah and Benjamin. 2nd Chronicles 17:17 And from [the tribe of] Benjamin, Eliada {El-Knows} (a mighty man of valor) leads 20000 men equipped with bow[s] and shield[s].
Perhaps a national police system? | Amaziah Assembles A Forbidden Mercenary Army | 2nd Chronicles 25:5 Then [king] AmaziYah {YAH's-Alertness} gathers Judea's [men] together. He appoints the [best and brightest as] leaders over thousand-man [groups. He sets the next most capable men as] leaders over hundred-man [groups]. [He] organizes [these forces] by ancestral families, throughout all [the clans of the tribes of] Judah {Celebrated} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. [AmaziYah] counts the [men] from 20 years-of-age and up. He finds among them 300 thousand choice men, able to handle spear and shield and [march] forth to war.
| Hezekiah Destroys Judea's Idolatry Systems | 2nd Chronicles 31:1  Finally the [double passover feast] ends. So all the attending Israelis fan-out to the cities of Judaea. There they smash in pieces every idol-image [they see]. They chop down [hundreds of] Easter-Steeples. They throw down [thousands of occult] high-shrines and [animal sacrifice] altars throughout all [the territories of the tribes of] Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh. They destroy all [traces of idolatry]. Then all the descendants of Israel return, every man to his own [home] in his town.
Start smashing occult idols and you'll find out what it means to be a persecuted Hebrew.2nd Chronicles 34:9 This [repair-committee] goes to high-priest HilkiYah {YAH's-Inheritance}. They deliver [to him] the money [the Judaeans] brought into Elohim's sanctuary, which the Levite doorkeepers collected from the hand[s] of [the people from the tribes of] Manasseh {Sweet-Forgetting} and Ephraim, and the remaining [faithful people from north] Israel, and from all [the worshippers from the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin, [including the inhabitants of] Jerusalem.2nd Chronicles 34:32  Then [king Josiah] gets everyone living in Jerusalem and [in the territory of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} to stand [and repeat that promise]. So, [for a while,] the inhabitants of Jerusalem live according to the covenant of [YHVH], the Elohim of their fore-fathers. | Exiled Jewish Leaders Return To Jerusalem | Ezra 1:5 So the head fathers of [the tribes of] Judah {Celebrated} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, and the priests, the Levites, and everyone whose spirit Elohim raises, mount up to travel [home from exile] to rebuild the temple of YHVH in Jerusalem.
| Pagans Fail To Sabotage The Temple-Rebuild | Ezra 4:1  Soon the adversaries of [the tribes of] Judah {Celebrated} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} hear that the formerly-exiled [Hebrew] slaves have re-built [Jerusalem's] temple to [honor] YHVH, Israel's Elohim.
Right after joyful praise comes the attack of enemy demons. Joyful communal praise is a bomb dropped on Satan's capitol city.Ezra 10:9 So 3 days [later], on the 20th day of the 9th month [of that year], all the men of Judah {Celebrated} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} gather themselves together in Jerusalem. All the people sit in the street of the temple of Elohim. They tremble [in terror of being punished for fornicating with pagan sluts]. Their [teeth chatter in] the torrential rain. Ezra 10:32 [And] Benjamin {Son-Of-Strength}, Malluch {Remnant}, and ShemariYah {YAH Guards} [all give up their sluts].NehemiYAH 3:23 Next [down the wall], Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} and Hashub {Smart} repair [the wall] opposite their house. Next [down the wall], AzariYah {YAH-Helps} (the son of MaaseiYah {Work-Of-YAH} the son of AnaniYah {YAH-Covers}), repairs [the wall] by his house.NehemiYAH 11:4 Some descendants of Judah and of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} settle in Jerusalem. Of Judah's [descendants, these include]: a descendant of Perez {Breakout} [named] AthaiYah {Yah-Helps} (the son of UzziYah {YAH's-Strength}, the son of ZechariYah {YAH-Remembers}, the son of AmariYah {YAH's-Promise}, the son of ShephatiYah {YAH-Judges}, the son of MahalaleEl {Praise-El}).NehemiYAH 11:7 And the following descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} [settle in Jerusalem]: Sallu {Heavyweight} (the son of Meshullam {Allied}, the son of Joed {Appointer}, the son of PedaYah {Ransomed-By-YAH}, the son of KolaiYah {Voice-Of-Yah}, the son of MaaseiYah {Work-Of-YAH}, the son of IthiEl {El-Is-With-Me}, the son of JesaiYah {YAH-Saves}).NehemiYAH 11:31 Descendants of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} from Geba {Hillock} settle in Michmash {Hidden}, and Aija [Ai], and Beth-El {House-Of-El}, and surrounding villages;NehemiYAH 11:36  Some Levite groups move from [the land of the tribe of] Judah [to the land of the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.NehemiYAH 12:34  — [and] Judah {Celebrated}, and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, and ShemaiYah {YAH-Hears}, and JeremiYah {YAH-Rises}.
Esther 2:5 At that time in Shushan Palace there works a Jewish [accountant] named Mordecai {Pure-Myrrh}, (the son of Jair {Goldshine}, the son of Shimei {Famous}, the son of Kish {Bow}, [from the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}).
JAHir = YAH's Gold. ‘Accountant’ is an assumption.Psalms 68:27 [The tribe of] little Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} [parades] with their governor. The princes of [the tribe of] Judah {Celebrated} [dance up the mountain behind] their [council] of living-stone [leaders]. [Behind them march] the princes of [the tribe of] Zebulun {House}, and the princes of [the tribe of] Naphtali {Wrestler}.
YAH's true temple has always been constructed of people (living-stones), not of literal building materials. The human-temple is an Old-Testament concept. That's why YAH's people generally meet outdoors and in tents. Church buildings are intrinsically repressive to spiritual expression. That's why Israel had a stone temple for only a few brief years of its history. Real Christians are streetwalkers, not pew-warmers.Psalms 80:2  [The north Israeli tribes and clans led by] Ephraim {Double-Fruit} and Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son} and Manasseh {Sweet-Forgetting} [suffer under attack]! Awaken your [angelic] force[s]. Storm [down from heaven]. Free us [Hebrews]! | YAH Calls Us To Stand Strong vs. The World | JeremiYAH 1:1 [These, 😇, are] the words of JeremiYah {YAH-Rises} the son of HilkiYah {YAH's-Inheritance}, [one] of the priests living in Anathoth {Answer-Town} in the land of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}.
| Jeremiah Predicts Unrepentant Judea's Fall | JeremiYAH 6:1 [YAH warns,] “Gather your [families,] you brats from [the tribe of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. Flee from the bowels of Jerusalem. Blow the trumpet in Tekoa {Trumpet-Town}. Set up a fire-signal in Beth-Haccerem {Vineyard-House}. For disaster threatens from the north. Great destruction [looms, 😇]!
JeremiYAH 17:26  Then [holy people] will flock from the cities of Judaea, from everywhere around Jerusalem, including the [once enemy tribal] land of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. [Friends will rush] from the plains, and from the mountains, and from the south. [They'll] bring ascension-gifts, including meat and other food-donations, and incense. [They'll] stream into YHVH's temple [with] hands thrown [high in thanks].
The phony-translated phrase “sacrifices of praise” means nothing and doesn't appear in Hebrew.JeremiYAH 20:2  So [evil priest] Pashur {Liberation} strikes the prophet JeremiYah {YAH-Rises}. [Pashur] jails [Jeremiah] in the stocks at [Jerusalem's] upper ( Benjamin) gate, by YHVH's temple. JeremiYAH 32:8 So, as YHVH predicted, my uncle's son HanameEl {El-Favors} travels to [visit] me in the prison courtyard, 😇. [HanameEl] says to me, “Please buy my field in Anathoth {Answer-Town}, in the territory of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. You hold both the [long-term] right of inheritance and the [next-of-kin's] right to buy [out the current land-lease]. So buy it for yourself.” I immediately see that this [ridiculous offer to buy war-torn real-estate fulfills] YHVH's prediction.
YAH helps you buy land if you need land to do his will. But he doesn't want you shackled with PITI: principal, interest, taxes and insurance.
YAH may tell you to buy land when no one else is buying, in the middle of a war zone.JeremiYAH 32:44 Men come to buy [war-ravaged] fields for silver, 😇. They sign and seal sale-documents. [Notaries] take witness-statements [to confirm sales]. [Life blooms,] from Benjamin's [north] land, to the regions around Jerusalem, throughout the cities of Judea, up into all [your] mountain towns, down in the cities of the [Jordan river] valley, and on into the [Edomite] cities south [of Judea]. [Watch:] I eventually repatriate [your] exiled slaves,” promises YHVH. JeremiYAH 33:13 From the towns of the hill-country, to the cities of the Shefelah {Valley}, to the cities of the south, to the north-land of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}, and everywhere around Jerusalem, in every city in Judea, flocks again rise to pass under the hands of [shepherds] counting [sheep],” reveals YHVH. | A Bad Military Cop Throws Jeremiah In Jail | JeremiYAH 37:12  Then JeremiYah [attempts to] escape [besieged] Jerusalem. He [hikes north through the city] toward [his] land in [the territory of] Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. [JeremiYah plans] to separate himself [from Jerusalem's crime-scene,] to [disappear] into the [common] rabble.
JeremiYAH 37:13 The prophet [Jeremiah hikes out through Jerusalem's] Benjamin Gate. [Jeremiah waves to a] guard captain named IriJah {Fearful-Of-Jah}, the son of ShelemiYah {Thank-You-Gift-To-YAH}, the son of HananiYah {YAH-Favored}. The [captain] seizes JeremiYah, shouting, “ [Traitor!] You're defecting to [help] the Chaldean [army conquer us]!” JeremiYAH 38:7  Meanwhile, over in the royal palace, a Cushite {Ethiopian} eunuch named Ebed-Melech {Worker-King} hears that the [nobles] have thrown JeremiYah into the dungeon. [Ebed-melech looks out a palace window. He sees Judea's evil] king sitting in the gate of Benjamin {Right-Hand-Son}. Ezekiel 48:22 So the land held by the Levites, and land occupied by the | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
