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Who is Naphtali?
        NAPH'TALI
        (my wrestling), Gen 30:8, or NEPH'THALIM, Matt 4:15, a son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid. Tribe of. At Mount Sinai the tribe numbered 53,400 fighting-men. Num 1:43; on the entrance into Canaan, 45,400. Num 26:50. Jacob, from his death-bed, represented Naphtali as a "hind let loose; he giveth goodly words." Gen 49:21. Barak, Jud 4:10, was the chief hero which the tribe produced. At the division of the kingdom Naphtali became a part of the northern monarchy. Later, its territory was overrun and its people taken captive by Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. 2 Kgs 15:29. Isaiah prophesied of the Messianic light to break over her, 2 Kgs 9:1-2, which was fulfilled. Matt 4:15-16.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'naphtali' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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