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Issachar in the Bible.

Jacob's ninth son, by Leah. He was born about 1752 BC, by Ussher’s count. The King James Version names Issachar in 38 verses, from Genesis 30:18 to Revelation 7:7. The King James Version also gives the name Issachar to 1 other person, listed on this page.

Issachar’s family.

His family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Who Issachar was.

Hired (Gen. 30:18). “God hath given me,” said Leah, “my hire (Heb. sekhari)...and she called his name Issachar.” He was Jacob’s ninth son, and was born in Padan-aram (comp. 28:2). He had four sons at the going down into Egypt (46:13; Num. 26:23, 25).

Issachar, Tribe of, during the journey through the wilderness, along with Judah and Zebulun (Num. 2:5), marched on the east of the tabernacle. This tribe contained 54,400 fighting men when the census was taken at Sinai. After the entrance into the Promised Land, this tribe was one of the six which stood on Gerizim during the ceremony of the blessing and cursing (Deut. 27:12). The allotment of Issachar is described in Josh. 19:17-23. It included the plain of Esdraelon (=Jezreel), which was and still is the richest portion of Palestine (Deut. 33:18, 19; 1 Chr. 12:40).

The prophetic blessing pronounced by Jacob on Issachar corresponds with that of Moses (Gen. 49:14, 15; comp. Deut. 33:18, 19).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Issachar’s story.

Each opens its own page: where it is on the map and every verse.

All 38 verses that name this Issachar.

Genesis 4

  • Genesis 30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
  • Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
  • Genesis 46:13And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
  • Genesis 49:14Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

Exodus 1

Numbers 10

  • Numbers 1:8Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
  • Numbers 1:28Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
  • Numbers 1:29Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
  • Numbers 2:5And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
  • Numbers 7:18On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
  • Numbers 10:15And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
  • Numbers 13:7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
  • Numbers 26:23Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
  • Numbers 26:25These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
  • Numbers 34:26And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

Deuteronomy 2

  • Deuteronomy 27:12These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
  • Deuteronomy 33:18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

Joshua 4

  • Joshua 19:17And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
  • Joshua 19:23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
  • Joshua 21:6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
  • Joshua 21:28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

Judges 2

  • Judges 5:15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
  • Judges 10:1And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

1 Kings 2

  • 1 Kings 4:17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
  • 1 Kings 15:27And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

1 Chronicles 8

  • 1 Chronicles 2:1These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
  • 1 Chronicles 6:62And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:72And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
  • 1 Chronicles 7:1Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:5And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:32And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:40Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
  • 1 Chronicles 27:18Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:

2 Chronicles 1

  • 2 Chronicles 30:18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

Ezekiel 3

  • Ezekiel 48:25And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
  • Ezekiel 48:26And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
  • Ezekiel 48:33And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

Revelation 1

  • Revelation 7:7Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

Other people called Issachar.

Issachar, Son of Shimei.

Named in 1 verse.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.

Questions about Issachar.

Who was Issachar in the Bible?

Jacob's ninth son, by Leah. The King James Version names Issachar in 38 verses, from Genesis 30:18 to Revelation 7:7.

Who were Issachar’s parents?

His father was Jacob and his mother Leah.

Who were Issachar’s children?

BibleLectio’s family tree lists Tola, Shimron, Jashub and Puah.

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