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  • noun A Benjaminite.

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Examples

  • David not only penned it, but sang it himself in a devout religious manner unto the Lord, concerning the words or affairs of Cush the Benjamite, that is, of Saul himself, whose barbarous usage of David bespoke him rather a Cushite, or Ethiopian, than a true-born Israelite.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • But when the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised up a savior for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man.

    HANDS Across the Godhead? James F. McGrath 2010

  • And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Chapter 9 1. Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • On a literal level, in their reconstruction of history, Arcadia in Greece is said to be where the Benjamite ancestors of the Sicambrians settled after leaving Palestine.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • Chapter 20 1. And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • On a literal level, in their reconstruction of history, Arcadia in Greece is said to be where the Benjamite ancestors of the Sicambrians settled after leaving Palestine.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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