Naphtali
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh,
nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the
Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the
inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries
unto them....
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In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king
of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah,
and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land
of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria....
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He [was] a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his
father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was
filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all
works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all
his work....
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According to the Book of Genesis, Naphtali (pronounced /
ˈnæftəlaɪ/) (Hebrew: נַפְתָּלִי, Modern Naftali Tiberian Nap̄tālî ;
"My struggle") was the second son of Jacob with Bilhah. He was
the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali. However, some
Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous
metaphor providing an aetiology of the ...
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1. Name:
The 5th son of Jacob, and the 2nd born to him by Rachel's
handmaid, Bilhah. He was full brother of Dan (Gen 30:7 ff).
At his birth Rachel is said to have exclaimed, naphtule
'Elohim niphtalti, "wrestlings of God"--i.e. "mighty
wrestlings"--"have I wrestled."
2. Circumstances of His Birth:
Her sister's fruitfulness was a sore trial to th...
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-1. Son of Jacob and Bilhah
Ge 30:7,8; 35:25
Jacob blesses
Ge 49:21
Sons of
Ge 46:24; 1Ch 7:13
-2. Tribe of
Census of
Nu 1:42,43; 26:48-50
Position assigned to, in camping and in marching
Nu 2:25-31; 10:25-27
Moses' benediction on
De 33:23
Inheritance of
Jos 19:32-39; Jud 1:33; Eze 48:3
Defeat Sisera
Jud 4:6,10; 5:18
Follow Gideon
...
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(wrestling), the fifth son of Jacob; the second child name to
him by Bilhah, Rachel's slave. His birth and the bestowal of
his name are recorded in Ge 30:8 When the census was taken at
Mount Sinai the tribe of Naphtali numbered no less than 53,400
fighting men, Nu 1:43; 2:50 but when the borders of the
promised land were reached, its numbers w...
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my wrestling, the fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah,
Rachel's handmaid (Gen. 30:8). When Jacob went down
into Egypt,
Naphtali had four sons (Gen. 46:24). Little is known
of him as
an individual....
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("my wrestling".) Jacob's fifth son, second by Bilhah,
Rachel's maid. Genesis 30:8, Rachel said, "with wrestlings of
God (i.e. earnest prayer, as her husband does in Genesis
32:24-28; he had reproved her impatience, telling her God, not
he, is the giver of children: Genesis 30:1-2; so she wrestled
with God) have I wrestled with my sister, and ...
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