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APOSTLE PAUL: THE ARCHITECT AND BUILDER OF THE CHURCH<br />

M. M. NINAN<br />

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Youngest son of Israel through his favorite wife.<br />

The Tribe of Benjamin (Hebrew: ין ‏,בִּנְיָמִ‏ Binyamin ) was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel.<br />

Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200<br />

BC, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. To Benjamin he assigned the territory<br />

between that of Ephraim to the north and Judah to the south, with the Jordan River as the<br />

eastern border, and included many historically important cities, such as Bethel, Gibeah, and<br />

encroached on the northern hills of Jerusalem.<br />

This is the banner of the Benjamin county of present Israel<br />

In those days children were named according to the emotional relationship and state of the<br />

parents. Benjamin was so named because it means “Son of my right hand”<br />

It is also understood to have another implied meaning,

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