Issachar יִשָּׂשכָר

Jacob's son. Issachar was the ninth son of Jacob and fifth by Leah, and he became the forefather of the Israelite tribe of Issachar.

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Where Issachar appears

Numbers (10), 1 Chronicles (8), Joshua (6), Genesis (4), Ezekiel (3), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (2), 1 Kings (2), Exodus (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Revelation (1)

Key verses

• Genesis 30:18 first mention — And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
• Genesis 35:23 — The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
• Genesis 46:13 — And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
• Genesis 49:14 — Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
• Joshua 17:11 — And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
• Judges 5:15 — And 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.
• 1 Kings 15:27 — And 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 2:1 — These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
• 1 Chronicles 12:32 — And 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 12:40 — Moreover 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.
• 2 Chronicles 30:18 — For 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
• Revelation 7:7 — Of 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.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.