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[Easton] Happy, Jacob’s eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid (Gen. 30:13). Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the list of the tribes (35:26; 46:17; Ex. 1:4, etc.) It increased in numbers twenty-nine percent, during the thirty-eight years’ wanderings. The place of this tribe during the march through the desert was between Dan and Naphtali (Num. 2:27). The boundaries of the inheritance given to it, which contained some of the richest soil in Palestine, and the names of its towns, are recorded in Josh. 19:24-31; Judg. 1:31, 32. Asher and Simeon were the only tribes west of the Jordan which furnished no hero or judge for the nation. Anna the prophetess was of this tribe (Luke 2:36). [Smith] a place which formed one boundary of the tribe of Manasseh on the south. (Joshua 17:7) Mr. Porter suggests that Teyasir may be the Asher of Manasseh. Handbook, p.348. Apocrypha and New Testament, A’ser (blessed), the eighth son of Jacob, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid. (Genesis 30:13) (B.C. 1753.) The general position of his tribe was on the seashore from Carmel northward with Manasseh on the south, Zebulun and Issachar on the southeast, and Naphtali on the north-east. (Joshua 19:24-31; 17:10,11) and Judg 1:31,32 They possessed the maritime portion of the rich plain of Esdraelon;, probably for a distance of 8 or 10 miles from the shore. This territory contained some of the richest soil in all Palestine. [Hitchcock] happiness [Nave] –1. Son of Jacob, by Zilpah Ge 30:13 ; 35:26 ; 49:20 ; Ex 1:4 ; 1Ch 2:2 .Descendants of Ge 46:17 ; Nu 26:44-47 –2. Tribe of: Census of, by families Nu 1:40 , 41 ; 26:44-47 ; 1Ch 7:40 ; 12:36 .Station of, in camp Nu 2:25 , 27 .Prophecies concerning By Moses De 33:24 , 25 By John Re 7:6 .Allotment to, of land in Canaan Jos 19:24-31 ; Eze 48:2 .Upbraided by Deborah Jud 5:17 .Summoned by Gideon Jud 6:35 ; 7:23 .Join Hezekiah 2Ch 30:11 –3. A city of Shechem Jos 17:7 ; 1Ki 4:16 [STEPBible TIPNR] A man who founded the tribe of Asher living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.13) referred to as Asher (אָשֵׁר), or Asherite or "pine" (אָשֵׁרִי), or Ashurite (אֲשׁוּרִי), or Asher (Ἀσήρ); son of Israel and Zilpah; a brother of Gad; half-brother of: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph and Benjamin; father of Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah and Serah. [Theographic] Happy, Jacob’s eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid (Gen. 30:13). Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the list of the tribes (35:26; 46:17; Ex. 1:4, etc.) It increased in numbers twenty-nine percent, during the thirty-eight years’ wanderings. The place of this tribe during the march through the desert was between Dan and Naphtali (Num. 2:27). The boundaries of the inheritance given to it, which contained some of the richest soil in Palestine, and the names of its towns, are recorded in Josh. 19:24-31; Judg. 1:31, 32. Asher and Simeon were the only tribes west of the Jordan which furnished no hero or judge for the nation. Anna the prophetess was of this tribe (Luke 2:36).