We suspect this because of the word "Tarshish" which is a Benjaminite name in the Bible.

Abraham’s blessing to Benjamin is recorded in Gensis 49: 27″ Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.” ‘ Ravin’ means to eat greedily, take food by violence and force. Benjamin’s position was on the W side of the Tabernacle along with Ephraim and Manasseh, the leader of the tribe at this time being Abidan the son of Gideoni . 11:3, 23), although a portion of Benjamin was initially retained by Jeroboam.

Each son became the progenitor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

The tribe of Benjamin got a spot of land basically right in the middle, which was good for both agriculture and trade. It is highly possible that most of the tribe of Benjamin wound up in Spain during Titus's exile of the "Jews." As Benjamin’s contribution to the team of spies sent into Canaan, Palti the son of Raphu served ( 13:9 ). Question: "What can we learn from the tribe of Benjamin?" Benjamin, too, is mentioned as part of Judah at the time of Rehoboam (see 1 Kgs. 12:20–21, 23; also 2 Chr.

The whole tribe of Benjamin stayed with the tribe of Judah long ago when they split from the "Ten Lost Tribes." There is not much given concerning the tribe of Benjamin. But by the time of Asa, king of Judah (955 B.C. Answer: In Genesis 49 the patriarch Jacob, sensing his impending death, gathers his sons to his bedside to bless them.