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The meaning of Benjamin in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

son of my right hand.

  • The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Genesis 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mother died in giving him birth, and with her last breath named him Ben-oni, son of my pain, a name which was changed by his father into Benjamin. His posterity are called Benjamites (Genesis 49:27; Deuteronomy 33:12; Joshua 18:21).

    The tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus was the smallest but one (Numbers 1:36,37; Psalms 68:27). During the march its place was along with Manasseh and Ephraim on the west of the 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. This tribe is mentioned in Romans 11:1; Phil 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. Dan intervened between it and the Philistines. Its chief towns are named in Joshua 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. By it they were almost exterminated (Judges 20:20,21; 21:10). (See GIBEAH .)

    The first king of the Jews was Saul, a Benjamite. A close alliance was formed between this tribe and that of Judah in the time of David (II Samuel 19:16,17), which continued after his death (I Kings 11:13; 12:20). After the Exile these two tribes formed the great body of the Jewish nation (Ezra 1:5; 10:9).

    The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers (I Samuel 20:20,36; 2Sam 1:22; I Chronicles 8:40; 12:2) and slingers (Judge. 20:6).

    The gate of Benjamin, on the north side of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 37:13; 38:7; Zechariah 14:10), was so called because it led in the direction of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is called by (Jeremiah 20:2) "the high gate of Benjamin;" also "the gate of the children of the people" (17:19). (Compare II Kings 14:13.)


    See more on the meaning of Benjamin in the Bible:
    Benjamin {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
    Benjamin {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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