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{{orthodoxize}}<i>Benjamin is also the name of an [[Benjamin I|Ecumenical Patriarch]] </i>
'''Benjamin''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: '''בִּנְיָמִין'''; - standard transliteration '''''Binyamin''''') is an [[Old Testament]] figure. The name literally translates to "son of right," generally taken to mean "son of my right hand," the "right" direction having the connotation of strength or desirability. He was the youngest son of [[Jacob]] and [[Rachel]] (Genesis 35:18). The Orthodox Church remembers the Righteous Benjamin on the [[Sunday of the Forefathers]].
==Description==
His birth took place on the road between Bethel and Ephrath, which is identified with Bethlehem (Genesis 35:19). His mother Rachel died in childbirth, and with her last breath named him ''Ben-oni'' ("son of my pain"), an ill-omened name which was changed by his father into ''Binyamin''. His posterity were the [[tribe of Benjamin]], sometimes translated "Benjamites" (Genesis 49:27; Deuteronomy 33:12; Joshua 18:21).
The tribe of Benjamin at the [[Exodus]] was the smallest aside from [[Tribe tribe of Manasseh|Manasseh]], which was split off from [[Tribe tribe of Joseph|Joseph]] (Numbers 1:34-1:37; Psalms 68:27). During the march its place was along with [[Manasseh]] and [[Ephraim]] on the west of the [[Tabernacle (biblical)|tabernacle]]. At the entrance into [[Canaan]] it counted 45,600 warriors. It has been inferred by some from the words of Jacob (Genesis 49:27) that the figure of a wolf was on the tribal standard: "Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he shall devour the prey, at evening he shall divide the spoil."
This tribe is mentioned in [[Romans|Epistle to the Romans]] 11:1 and [[Philippians]] 3:5.
The inheritance of this tribe lay immediately to the south of that of [[Ephraim]], and was about 26 miles in length and 12 in breadth. Its eastern boundary was the [[Jordan]]River. [[Tribe tribe of Dan|Dan]] intervened between it and the [[Philistines]]. Its chief towns are named in [[Book of Joshua|Josh.]] 18:21-28.
The history of the tribe contains a sad record of a desolating civil war in which they were engaged with the other eleven tribes; they were almost exterminated (Judg. 20:20, 21; 21:10).
The first king of the Jews was [[Saul]], a Benjamite. A close alliance was formed between this tribe and that of [[Tribe tribe of Judah|Judah]] in the time of [[David]] ([[Books of Samuel|2 Sam.]] 19:16, 17), which continued after his death ([[Books of Kings|1 Kings]] 11:13; 12:20). After the [[Babylonian captivity|{Exile]] ) these two tribes formed the great body of the Jewish nation (Ezra 1:5; 10:9), and to this day the other ten are referred to as the [[lost tribes of Israel]]. The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers ([[Books of Samuel|1 Sam.]] 20:20, 36; [[Books of Samuel|2 Sam.]] 1:22; 1 [[Books of Chronicles|Chr.]] 8:40; 12:2) and slingers ([[Book of Judges|Judges]] 20:6).
The gate of Benjamin, on the north side of [[Jerusalem]] (Jer. 37:13; 38:7; Zech. 14:10), was so called because it led in the direction of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is called by [[Jeremiah (prophet)|Jeremiah]] (20:2) "the high gate of Benjamin"; also "the gate of the children of the people" (17:19). (Comp. 2 Kings 14:13.)
== The tomb of Benjamin ==
[[Image:25-01-08-benyamin tomb 050.jpg |thumb|right|The tomb of Benjamin]]
The tomb of Benjamin, according to one of the traditionstradition, is located in Israel ,on the road from Kefar-Sava to Kochav-Yair, west of Kalkilia. This location used to be located on the main road from North north (Galilee, Syria , and beyond) and south (Egypt). The next stop south was Jaljulia, the Gilgal of the Sharon.The tomb is called by the Arabs "E Neby Yamin" Neby. On the north side of the tomb is an Arabic stone plate which praises the lordLord.A nearby agriculture agricultural village, Neve Yamin, is called named after the tomb.The site was populated in the late Roman and Byzantine periods (2nd to 7th C AD). There are two wells, of which one can be seen near the tomb. The Tombtomb, and some of the ruins around it, are from the Mameluke period (14th C AD). A hostel (Khan) nearby has the a stone plate with the date of 1312.
== See also ==
*[[Tribe of Benjamin]]
==ReferencesReference==
*''Easton's Bible Dictionary'', 1897.
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