Second son of Rachel, twelfth son of Jacob (Gn 35:17-18,24). Tribe with the smallest territory; Jerusalem may have originally been in it (Jos 18:16; Jdg 1:21). Nearly wiped out (Jdg 20–21). Saul and Paul were Benjaminites (1Sm 9:1; Rm 11:1; Php 3:5).