Tribes and Families in the Bible
Tribe - A collection of families descending from one ancestor. The "twelve tribes" of the Hebrews were the twelve collections of families which sprang from the sons of Jacob. In Matt. 24:30 the word has a wider significance. The tribes of Israel are referred to as types of the spiritual family of God.
Judah held its ground against Assyria for one hundred and twenty-three years, and became the rallying-point of the dispersed of every tribe, and eventually gave its name to the whole race. Those of the people who in the last struggle escaped into the territories of Judah or other neighbouring countries naturally looked to Judah as the head and home of their race. And when Judah itself was carried off to Babylon, many of the exiled Israelites joined them from Assyria, and swelled that immense population which made Babylonia a second Palestine.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Amorites
Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan (Gen. 14:7), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions. On the early Babylonian monuments all Syria, including Palestine, is known as "the land of the Amorites." The southern slopes of the mountains of Judea are called the "mount of the Amorites" (Deut. 1:7, 19, 20). They seem to have originally occupied the land stretching from the heights west of the Dead Sea (Gen. 14:7) to Hebron (13. Comp. 13:8; Deut. 3:8; 4:46-48), embracing "all Gilead and all Bashan" (Deut. 3:10), with the Jordan valley on the east of the river (4:49), the land of the "two kings of the Amorites," Sihon and Og (Deut. 31:4; Josh. 2:10; 9:10). The five kings of the Amorites were defeated with great slaughter by Joshua (10:10). They were again defeated at the waters of Merom by Joshua, who smote them till there were none remaining (Josh. 11:8). It is mentioned as a surprising circumstance that in the days of Samuel there was peace between them and the Israelites (1 Sam. 7:14). The discrepancy supposed to exist between Deut. 1:44 andNum. 14:45 is explained by the circumstance that the terms "Amorites" and "Amalekites" are used synonymously for the "Canaanites." In the same way we explain the fact that the "Hivites" of Gen. 34:2 are the "Amorites" of 48:22. Comp. Josh. 10:6; 11:19 with 2 Sam. 21:2; also Num. 14:45 with Deut. 1:44. The Amorites were warlike mountaineers. They are represented on the Egyptian monuments with fair skins, light hair, blue eyes, aquiline noses, and pointed beards. They are supposed to have been men of great stature; their king, Og, is described by Moses as the last "of the remnant of the giants" (Deut. 3:11). Both Sihon and Og were independent kings. Only one word of the Amorite language survives, "Shenir," the name they gave to Mount Hermon (Deut. 3:9).
Naves Topical Index
Amorites
Descendants of Canaan
Gen 10:15-16; 1 Chr 1:13-14
Were giants
Amos 2:9
Smitten by Chedorlaomer and rescued by Abraham
Amos 1:14
Territory of
General references
Gen 14:7; Num 13:29; Num 21:13; Deut 1:4; Deut 1:7; Deut 3:8-9; Deut 1:19; Josh 5:1; Josh 10:5; Josh 12:2-3; Judg 1:35-36; Judg 11:22
Given to descendants of Abraham
Gen 15:21; Gen 48:22; Deut 1:20; Deut 2:26-36; Deut 7:1; Josh 3:10; Judg 11:23; Amos 2:10
Allotted to Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh
Num 32:33-42; Josh 13:15-21
Conquest of
Num 21:21-30; Josh 10:11; Judg 1:34-36
Chiefs of
Josh 13:21
Wickedness of
Gen 15:16; 2 King 21:11; Ezra 9:1
Idolatry of
Judg 6:10; 1 King 21:26
Judgments denounced against
Exd 23:24; Exd 33:2; Exd 34:10-11; Deut 20:17-18
Hornets sent among
Josh 24:12
Not exterminated
Judg 1:34-36; Judg 3:1-3; Judg 3:5-8; 1 Sam 7:14; 2 Sam 21:2; 1 King 9:20-21; 2 Chr 8:7
Intermarry with Jews
Ezra 9:1-2; Ezra 10:18-44
Kings of
Josh 10:3-26
Gen 10:15-16; 1 Chr 1:13-14
Were giants
Amos 2:9
Smitten by Chedorlaomer and rescued by Abraham
Amos 1:14
Territory of
General references
Gen 14:7; Num 13:29; Num 21:13; Deut 1:4; Deut 1:7; Deut 3:8-9; Deut 1:19; Josh 5:1; Josh 10:5; Josh 12:2-3; Judg 1:35-36; Judg 11:22
Given to descendants of Abraham
Gen 15:21; Gen 48:22; Deut 1:20; Deut 2:26-36; Deut 7:1; Josh 3:10; Judg 11:23; Amos 2:10
Allotted to Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh
Num 32:33-42; Josh 13:15-21
Conquest of
Num 21:21-30; Josh 10:11; Judg 1:34-36
Chiefs of
Josh 13:21
Wickedness of
Gen 15:16; 2 King 21:11; Ezra 9:1
Idolatry of
Judg 6:10; 1 King 21:26
Judgments denounced against
Exd 23:24; Exd 33:2; Exd 34:10-11; Deut 20:17-18
Hornets sent among
Josh 24:12
Not exterminated
Judg 1:34-36; Judg 3:1-3; Judg 3:5-8; 1 Sam 7:14; 2 Sam 21:2; 1 King 9:20-21; 2 Chr 8:7
Intermarry with Jews
Ezra 9:1-2; Ezra 10:18-44
Kings of
Josh 10:3-26
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 14:7
- Last Reference: Psalms 136:19
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons:Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks:No
- Included in Naves:Yes
- Included in Smiths:No
- Included in Websters:No
- Included in Strongs:Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H567 Used 73 times
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