87 More Prophecies over Jacob's Sons

Jacob gives Zebulun the territory, which will have access to shipping. The territory he received in the allotment in Joshua 19:10-16 did not border on the sea. In fact he was landlocked between Asher Naphtali Issachar and Manasseh. He was close to the Phoenician city of Sidon, which was a major shipping port. Ezekiel chapter forty-eight describes the territory that the twelve sons will receive in the Millennial Kingdom. Zebulun is specified in verse twenty-eight. It does not give his borders there. The prophecy must be fulfilled then because it was not fulfilled in the Old Testament.

Other factors in the history of this tribe include:

1. His men risked their lives for Israel’s independence (Judges 5:18).
2. Elon the Judge came from this tribe (Judges 12:11-12).
3. They strongly supported David (I Chronicles 12:33; 12:40).
4. His territory was in the Galilean region and was a major area of Jesus’ ministry and He was raised in Nazareth, which is within Zebulon’s territory. (Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:15-16).