Tribe of Zebulun

The Tribe of Zebulun or Bnei Zvúlun (זבולן "Dwelling; habitation", Standard Hebrew Zəvúlun, Tiberian Hebrew Zəḇûlun) is one of the Hebrew tribes, founded by Zebulun son of Jacob, numbered at Sinai (Num. 1:31) and before entering Canaan\n(26:27). It was one of the tribes which did not drive out the\nCanaanites, but only made them tributary (Judg. 1:30). It took\nlittle interest in public affairs. It responded, however,\nreadily to the summons of Gideon (6:35), and afterwards assisted\nin enthroning David at Hebron (1 Chr. 12:33, 40). Along with the\nother northern tribes, Zebulun was carried away into the land of\nAssyria by Tiglath-Pileser (2 Kings 15:29). In Deborah's song the words, "Out of Zebulun they that handle\nthe pen of the writer" (Judg. 5:14) has been rendered in the\nR.V., "They that handle the marshal's staff." This is a\nquestionable rendering. "The word sopher ('scribe' or\n'writer') defines the word shebhet ('rod' or 'pen') with which\nit is conjoined. The 'rod of the scribe' on the Assyrian\nmonuments was the stylus of wood or metal, with the help of\nwhich the clay tablet was engraved, or the papyrus inscribed\nwith characters. The scribe who wielded it was the associate and\nassistant of the 'lawgivers.'" (Sayce). The territory of the Tribe of Zebulun was located in the southern Galilee, adjacent to the Tribe of Issachar, and the two tribes had strong bonds between them. The prophet Jonah was a member of the Tribe of Zebulun (I Kings 14:15). Zebulun, Tribe of