Then Leah said, “God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;

And the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvvah, Iob, and Shimron.

“Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the sheepfolds.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;

Of the sons of Issachar, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war,

their numbered men of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.

Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the leader of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar,

On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering;

and Nethanel the son of Zuar, over the tribal army of the sons of Issachar;

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;

The sons of Issachar by their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;

These are the families of Issachar by those who were numbered of them, 64,300.

Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

“When you cross the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, And, Issachar, in your tents.

The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east.

In Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its towns and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; the third is Napheth.

Territory of Issachar

The fourth lot went to Issachar, to the sons of Issachar according to their families.

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.

And to the sons of Gershon thirteen cities were given by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

And from the tribe of Issachar they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed at his heels; Among the divisions of Reuben There were great determinations of heart.

Oppression by Philistines and Ammonites

Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, rose up to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.