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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Manassites</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/m/manassites.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/deuteronomy/4-43.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/m/manassites.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Manassites</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/m/manas'site.htm" title="Manas'site">◄</a> Manassites <a href="/topical/m/manas'sites.htm" title="Manas'sites">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>The Manassites were one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Manasseh, the firstborn son of Joseph and Asenath, an Egyptian woman. Manasseh was the elder brother of Ephraim, and together they were adopted by Jacob as his own sons, thus receiving an inheritance among the tribes of Israel (<a href="/genesis/48-5.htm">Genesis 48:5</a>). The tribe of Manasseh is often mentioned in the context of the half-tribe, as their inheritance was divided between land on the east and west sides of the Jordan River.<br><br><b>Territory and Settlement</b><br><br>The tribe of Manasseh was unique in that it was allotted land on both sides of the Jordan River. The eastern half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the region of Bashan, which is present-day Golan Heights, and extended to the borders of Gilead. This area was known for its rich pastures and was suitable for the large herds of livestock owned by the tribe (<a href="/numbers/32-39.htm">Numbers 32:39-42</a>). The western half-tribe of Manasseh received land in the central part of Canaan, stretching from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, including parts of the fertile Jezreel Valley (<a href="/joshua/17.htm">Joshua 17:1-11</a>).<br><br><b>Biblical Significance</b><br><br>The Manassites played a significant role in the history of Israel. Gideon, one of the most notable judges of Israel, was from the tribe of Manasseh. He led a small army to victory against the Midianites, demonstrating God's power and deliverance (Judges 6-8). The tribe's strategic location on both sides of the Jordan made them influential in the defense and administration of the northern kingdom.<br><br><b>Challenges and Conflicts</b><br><br>Despite their strengths, the Manassites faced challenges in fully possessing their allotted territory. The Canaanites, who inhabited the land, were not entirely driven out, and the Manassites were forced to coexist with them, often leading to conflicts and compromises (<a href="/joshua/17-12.htm">Joshua 17:12-13</a>). This failure to completely obey God's command to remove the inhabitants of the land led to spiritual and cultural challenges for the tribe.<br><br><b>Spiritual Legacy</b><br><br>The tribe of Manasseh is a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The division of their inheritance across the Jordan River symbolizes the unity and diversity within the nation of Israel. The Manassites, like all tribes, were called to uphold the covenant with God, serving as a reminder of the blessings and responsibilities that come with being part of God's chosen people.<br><br><b>Key Bible References</b><br><br>· <a href="/genesis/48-5.htm">Genesis 48:5</a>: "Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine."<br>· <a href="/numbers/32-39.htm">Numbers 32:39-42</a>: The account of the eastern half-tribe of Manasseh taking possession of the land of Bashan.<br>· <a href="/joshua/17.htm">Joshua 17:1-11</a>: The description of the land allotted to the western half-tribe of Manasseh.<br>· <a href="/bsb/judges/6.htm">Judges 6-8</a>: The account of Gideon, a judge from the tribe of Manasseh, and his victory over the Midianites.<br><br>The Manassites, through their history and legacy, reflect the broader narrative of Israel's journey with God, marked by both triumphs and trials.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">MANASSITES</span><p>ma-nas'-its (menashshi; ho Manasse): Members of the tribe of Manasseh (Deuteronomy 4:43; Judges 12:4 the King James Version; 2 Kings 10:33). <p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4520.htm"><span class="l">4520. Menashshi -- descendant of Mannasseh</span></a><br><b>...</b> descendant of Mannasseh. Transliteration: Menashshi Phonetic Spelling:<br> (men-ash-shee') Short Definition: <b>Manassites</b>. <b>...</b> of Mannasseh NASB Word Usage <b>Manassites</b> ( <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4520.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_62_the_disposition_of.htm"><span class="l">The Disposition of the Tribes in Galilee.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Of this land Josephus writes thus; "And after these (the <b>Manassites</b>) Issachar maketh<br> mount Carmel and the river her bounds in length, and mount Itaburion in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 62 the disposition of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/gideons_brave_band.htm"><span class="l">Gideon's Brave Band</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He also sent messengers throughout all the land of the <b>Manassites</b>, and they assembled<br> under his leadership; and he sent messengers to the Asherites, the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/gideons brave band.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_8_hazael_makes_an.htm"><span class="l">Hazael Makes an Expedition against the People of Israel and the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Jehu, and spoiled the eastern parts of the country beyond Jordan, which belonged<br> to the Reubenites and Gadites, and to [the half tribe of] <b>Manassites</b>; as also <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 hazael makes an.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kent/the_making_of_a_nation/study_xii_a_nations_struggle.htm"><span class="l">A Nation's Struggle for a Home and Freedom.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> At most they were small towns and easily captured. Along this highway went the<br> Hebrew tribes later known as the Ephraimites and <b>Manassites</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kent/the making of a nation/study xii a nations struggle.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_1_how_joshua_the.htm"><span class="l">How Joshua, the Commander of the Hebrews, Made War with The</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Now when the tribe of Reuben, and that of Gad, and as many of the <b>Manassites</b> as<br> followed them, were passed over the river, they built an altar on the banks of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how joshua the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_6/chapter_iiithe_hebrews_and_the.htm"><span class="l">The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus</span></a> <br>History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 6. <. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_7/chapter_ithe_assyrian_revival_and.htm"><span class="l">The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria</span></a> <br>History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7. <. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter ithe assyrian revival and.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/m/manassites.htm"><span class="l"><b>Manassites</b> (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>MANASSITES</b>. ma-nas'-its (menashshi <b>...</b> 10:33).<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Manassites</b> (7 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 4 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/manassites.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/manas'sites.htm"><span class="l">Manas'sites (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Manas'sites. <b>Manassites</b>, Manas'sites. Manchild . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Manas'sites (10 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 4:43 Bezer <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/manas'sites.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gadite.htm"><span class="l">Gadite (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4:43 namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites;<br> and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the <b>Manassites</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gadite.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reubenite.htm"><span class="l">Reubenite (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4:43 namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites;<br> and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the <b>Manassites</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reubenite.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gadites.htm"><span class="l">Gadites (32 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4:43 namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites;<br> and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the <b>Manassites</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gadites.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reubenites.htm"><span class="l">Reubenites (37 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4:43 namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites;<br> and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the <b>Manassites</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reubenites.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bashan.htm"><span class="l">Bashan (54 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4:43 namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites;<br> and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the <b>Manassites</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bashan.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/oversight.htm"><span class="l">Oversight (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> seven hundred, heads of fathers' houses, whom king David made overseers over the<br> Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the <b>Manassites</b>, for every <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/oversight.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/golan.htm"><span class="l">Golan (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4:43 namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites;<br> and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the <b>Manassites</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/golan.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tableland.htm"><span class="l">Tableland (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Deuteronomy 4:43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land, for the Reubenites;<br> and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the <b>Manassites</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tableland.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Canaanites-slaves.html">Why did the Israelites take the Canaanites as slaves instead of destroying them as they were instructed? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jehu-Baal-worship.html">Why did Jehu destroy the Baal worship in Israel but not the worship of golden calves? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Manassites (7 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-43.htm">Deuteronomy 4:43</a></span><br />namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the <span class="boldtext">Manassites</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-8.htm">Deuteronomy 29:8</a></span><br />and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the <span class="boldtext">Manassites</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/16-9.htm">Joshua 16:9</a></span><br />together with the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/17-12.htm">Joshua 17:12</a></span><br />Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites were resolved to dwell in that land. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/12-4.htm">Judges 12:4</a></span><br />Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the <span class="boldtext">Manassites</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/10-33.htm">2 Kings 10:33</a></span><br />from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the <span class="boldtext">Manassites</span>, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/26-32.htm">1 Chronicles 26:32</a></span><br />His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers' houses, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the <span class="boldtext">Manassites</span>, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king. 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