Abiezer

Each division, here, keep track, each division consisted of 24,000 men, and here's the key verse, verse 12.

The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abi- Abiezer the, [laughs] an Athlite, a Benjamite.

There were 24-

That's the Anathothite.

The Anathothite.

Oh.

Abiezer the Anathothite.

What did I say?

Then the people of Ephraim asked Gideon, Why have you treated us this way? Why didn't you send for us when you first went to fight the Midianites? And they argued heatedly with Gideon.

But Gideon replied, What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren't even the leftover grapes of Ephraim's harvest better than the entire crop of my little clan of Abiezar? God gave you victory over Oreb and Zeb, the commanders of the Midianite army.

What have I accomplished compared to that? When the men of Ephraim heard Gideon's answer, their anger subsided.

Gideon then crossed the Jordan River with his 300 men, and though exhausted, they continued to chase the enemy.

He had 70 sons born to him, for he had many wives.

He also had a concubine in Shechem, who gave birth to a son whom he named Abimelech.

Gideon died when he was very old, and he was buried in the grave of his father Joash at Ophrah, in the land of the clan of Abiezar.

As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshipping the images of Baal, making Baal Bereth their god.

But you have not listened to me.

Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezar.

Gideon, son of Joash, was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites.

The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, Mighty hero, the Lord is with you.

You will not die.

And Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and named it Yahweh Shalom, which means the Lord is peace.

The altar remains in Ophrah in the land of the clan of Abiezar to this day.

That night the Lord said to Gideon, Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one that is seven years old.

When we hear how Gideon responded, look at verse 2.

Verse 2, Gideon said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezar? Abiezar is Gideon's own clan.

The gleaning of grapes is what you pick after the harvest is done.

It's just the leftovers, grapes.

To Markir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.

And allotments were made to the rest of the people of Manasseh by their clans, Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepha, and Shemida.

These were the male descendants of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their clans.

Now Zelophehad, the son of Hepha, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters.

These were the descendants of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh.

His sister, Hemulekef, Boishod, Abiezer, and Mala.

And the sons of Shemida were Aiyan, Shechem, Liki, and Aniam.

The sons

Ira, son of Ikkesh from Tekoa.

Abiezer, son-- nope, from [chuckles] Anathoth.

Sibbecai from Hushah.

Zalmon from Ahoah.

He was a member of the clan of Zerah, a part of the tribe of Judah.

Ninth month, Abiezer, from Anathoth, in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.

Tenth month, Maharai from Netopha, he was a member of the clan of Zerah.

Eleventh month, Benaiah from Pirathon, in the territory of the tribe of Ephraim.

Let's just follow along.

Allotments were made, as you see in verse 2, to the rest of the people of Manasseh by their clans, Abiezer, Halak, Azrael, Shechem, Hefer, and Shemitah.

These were the male descendants of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their clans.

Okay, there's more here.

These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

and his sister Hamal-ek-eth, Ber-ish-had, and Abiezer, and Mala.

And the sons of Shemidah were Ahion, and Shechem, and Leke, and Aniam.

and the sons of Ephraim, Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eliadah his son, and Tahath his son, and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Eliad, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelanite, of the children of Ephraim, and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibichai the Hushethite, of the Zerahites, and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites, and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

The tenth captain for the tenth month was Mahari the Netophethite, of the Zerahites, and in his course were twenty and four thousand.