Asher in Biblical History

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Who is Asher?
ASH'ER
(happy). 1. The eighth son of Jacob. 2. One of the twelve tribes (see Tribes). 3. A territory extending from Carmel to Lebanon, about 60 miles long and 10 to 12 wide, having 22 cities with their villages. The Phoenicians held the plain by the sea, and Asher the mountains. Josh 19:24-31; Jud 1:31, Jud 1:32. 4. A place on the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh. Josh 17:7. Some locate it at Yasir, 12 miles northeast of Shechem. Drake suggests Asireh as the more probable location.

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