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Bible Verses About Tribe Of Benjamin: Furnished the first king to Israel

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Verses on Furnished the first king to Israel

  1. Now on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,

  2. “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

  3. When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”

  4. Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

  5. and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.

  6. Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.