Alphaeus[ÔöÇ├®lphÔöÇ├┤’us] transient, chief or a thousand. The father of Levi or Matthew the Apostle (Mark 2:14). The father of James, one of the twelve apostles (Matt. 10:3Mark 3:18Luke 6:15Acts 1:13). Sometimes identified as the same person in No. 1 and also as Cleophas.
Asahel [ÔöÇ├ç'sahÔöÇ├▓l] –god hath made or god is doer. A Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the law to the people in Judah (2 Chron. 17:8). A Levite Hezekiah employed as an officer of the offerings, tithes and dedicated things (2 Chron. 31:13). Father of a certain Jonathan, appointed by Ezra to take a census […]
“What should we learn from the tribe of Benjamin?”……In Genesis 49 the patriarch Jacob, sensing his impending death, gathers his sons to his bedside to bless them. Each son became the progenitor of the twelve tribes of Israel. Benjamin, as the youngest, receives his father's blessing last: "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning […]
“What should we learn from the tribe of Issachar?”……Each of the twelve sons of Israel received a blessing from his father, Jacob, just before Jacob's death. The twelve sons were the progenitors of the twelve tribes of Israel, and Jacob's blessings contained prophetic information about the future of each tribe. In the case of the […]
“What should we learn from the tribe of Dan?”……The tribe of Dan was the group of people who descended from the fifth son of Jacob, Dan. Jacob went on to have twelve sons who became the patriarchs of the 12 tribes of Israel. The history of the tribe of Dan is especially instructive to us […]
“What should we learn from the tribe of Ephraim?”……Israel's 12 tribes were named for Jacob's children or, in the case of Ephraim (and Manasseh), his grandchildren. Ephraim was born in Egypt to Joseph his wife, Asenath. Joseph named his second-born son "Ephraim" because "God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering" (Genesis […]
“What should we learn from the tribe of Asher?”……Asher is one of Israel's twelve tribes. In the time of Moses, Asher was divided into five clans: the Imnites; the Ishvites; and the Berites; and, through Beriah, the Berite patriarch, two more clans: the Heberites and the Malkielites. The first three clans were named after Asher's […]