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Naftalí (Heb. Naftâlî, “my fight”; gr. Naftalí). 1. Son of Jacob and Rachel’s maid, Bila. The name was given to him by Rachel to indicate how he had “wrestled” with her sister to obtain a child as evidence of God’s favor (Gen 30:7, 8). He was the father of 4 children and the ancestor of a tribe named after him (Gen 46:24; Num 26:48,49). 2. Tribe that descended from Naphtali 1. It was divided into 4 great families whose ancestor was his 4 sons (Gen 46:24; Num 26:48 49). During the years of the wilderness wanderings the tribe camped north of the tabernacle, along with those of Dan and Asher (Num 2:25-29). His prince during those years was Ahira, son of Enan (1:15; 2:29); later it was Pedael, son of Amiud (34:28). Nahbi, son of Vapsi, was the representative of the tribe among the 12 spies (13:14). Naphtali was given territory in Galilee. Its eastern border was the upper Jordan and the Hule and Galilee lakes. On the south it bordered those of Issachar and Zebulun, and on the west with Asher (Jos 19:32, 34). To the north was the territory of the Phoenicians, and later, 834 Dan. Its area was less than 80 km from north to south and 15 to 30 km from east to west. Its soil was fertile and rather mountainous. Among their fortified cities were Hazor, Kedesh, Iron, and Beth-anath (Josh 19:35-39). Three were allotted to the Gershonite Levites: Kedesh, Hamoth-dor, and Carthán, as a residence; Kedesh was also a city of refuge (Jos 20:7; 21:6, 32; 1Ch 6:62, 76). Map VI, B/C-3. Naphtali was unable to drive the Canaanites out of all the fortified cities within his allotted territory, but eventually made them tributaries (Jdg 1:33). In the records of the period of the judges he is mentioned twice: the 1st, for having distinguished himself in the war against the king of Hazor by exposing “his life to death…in the heights of the field” (4:6, 10; 5:18); and the 2nd, responding to Gideon’s call for help in expelling the Midianite oppressors (6:35; 7:23). The tribe is mentioned in the time of David, when 1,000 captains with 37,000 soldiers came to David at Hebron to make him king over all Israel, probably after the death of Ishbosheth (1Ch 12:34-38). The leader of the tribe in the days of David was a certain Jerimoth, son of Azriel (27:19). The steward for the tribe in Solomon’s time was Ahimaaz, the king’s son-in-law (1Ki 4:15). Hiram, the great craftsman and teacher in Solomon’s time, was the son of a widow of Naphtali (7:14). The tribe was invaded by the Syrians and suffered greatly under Ben-hadad I of Damascus (1Ki 5:20; 2Ch 16:4) in the 9th century BC A century and a half later its inhabitants were deported to Assyria by Tiglath-pileser III (2Ki 15:29). Isaiah prophesied that “to the land of Zebulun and to the land of Naphtali” in “Galilee of the Gentiles” great light would come (Isa 9:1, 2). This prediction was fulfilled in the days of Christ, when his ministry benefited this region more than any other in Palestine (Matt 4:12-16). Famous cities of NT times – Capernaum, Chorazin and Tiberias – were in the territory that belonged to Naphtali. In his prophecy of the ideal land of Canaan for a restored Israel, Ezekiel places Naphtali between Asher and Manasseh (Eze 48:3, 4); Naphtali is one of the 12 tribes that John saw the angel seal (Rev 7:6). 3. Mount located in the Neftalí region; from the biblical context it may refer to Mount Tabor (Jos 20:7).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
fighter. 1. Second son of Jacob and the slave Bilhah, Gn 30, 7-8. N. entered Egypt together with his four sons and Jacob’s family, Gn 46, 24. N. is considered the head of his tribe. 2. Tribe formed by the descendants of Naphtali, to which the territory to the west of the upper Jordan and of Lake Genesaret was designated in the distribution of Canaan, Jos 19, 32-39. Under the command of Baraq, the N. tribe was instrumental in the victory against the Canaanites led by Sisera, Jc 4. The territory of the tribe was razed at the beginning of the 9th century by Ben Hadad, king of Assyria, 1 Kings 15, 20 ; in the time of Pekah, king of Israel, the territory of the N. tribe was conquered by king Teglatfalasar, ca. year 733, and its inhabitants were deported to Assyria, 2 Kings 15, 29.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
1. One of the sons of Jacob, the second son of Bilhah, Rachel’s servant. He had four sons (Gen 46:24).
2. The tribe of Naphtali. Naphtali appears in the lists in the book of Numbers as a regular sized tribe. He provided 53,400 soldiers at Kadesh-barnea (Numbers 1:43) and 45,000 in the review of the troops on the plains of Moab, opposite Jericho (Numbers 26:50). Naphtali received the penultimate lot in the distribution of the land (Jos 19: 32-39), but in many respects his inheritance was the best.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Sixth son of Jacob, Ge.30.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
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Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(My struggle). Name of an OT person and of a tribe of Israel.
1. Sixth son of Jacob (Gen 35:25). Seeing that her sister Leah had given birth to Jacob while she was barren, Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah to wife. In this way the children born from that union would be considered as Raquel’s. This is how Dan and N were born. The name of the latter was given because Raquel said: “With struggles of God I have contended with my sister, and I have won” (Gen 30:1-8). No details about his life are known. He had four sons (Gen 46:24).
. A tribe formed by the descendants of †¢ N. He did not †œthrow out those who dwelt in Beth-shemesh, nor those who dwelt in Beth-anat, but dwelt among the Canaanites who dwelt in the land† and made them tributaries ( Judg 1:33). This situation changed at the time of †¢Deborah. †¢Barak, who with her led the war against the Canaanites, was from N. (Jdg 4:6). King †¢Asa made an alliance with †¢Ben-hadad king of Syria, so that he would attack Baasha king of Israel. Ben-hadad conquered much territory, including “all the land of N.” (1Ki 15:20), but these territories were later recovered by Israel. In the time of King Pekah of Israel, the Assyrian king †¢Tiglath-pileser conquered †œall the land of N.† , and its inhabitants †œled captive to Assyria† (2Ki 15:29). King Josiah’s religious reform even affected the lands of N. (2Ch 34:6). All Galilee was included in the territory of N. (2Ki 15:29). The fact that the Lord Jesus began to manifest himself in Galilee, “in Capernaum, a seaside city, in the region of Zebulun and N.” (Mat 4:12-16) is interpreted by Matthew as the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isa 9 :1. “The land of Zebulun and the land of N., by the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light…†
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, = “my combat”. Sixth son of Jacob and second of Bilhah, Raquel’s servant. Raquel named him Naphtali, because she had contended in prayer for this son to come into the world (Gen. 30: 8).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
(My Fights).
1. The second son that Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram. (Ge 35:25, 26; Ex 1: 1, 4; 1Ch 2: 1, 2) Since Bilhah had replaced her mistress Rachel, then barren, she considered Naphtali and Dan—her older brother — hers as well as her own children. Although by then her sister Leah already had four sons (Ge 29: 32-35), Rachel rejoiced at having a second son through her maidservant and exclaimed: “With vigorous struggles I have wrestled with my sister . I also came out the winner!† . The name given to this son, Naftalí (meaning “My Struggles”), appropriately expresses Raquel’s feelings when he was born. (Ge 30:2-8.)
Naphtali was the father of four sons, Jahzeel (Jahziel), Guní, Jézer and Silem (Salum). (Ge 46:24; 1Ch 7:13) When the dying patriarch Jacob related to his sons what would happen to them in “the final part of the days,” his statement about Naphtali, though one of the shortest, it was favourable. (Ge 49:1, 2, 21)
2. Tribe of Israel that was composed of four tribal families descended from the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guní, Jézer and Silem. (Nu 26:48, 49) About a year after the Israelites’ departure from Egypt, this tribe had 53,400 men over the age of twenty prepared for war. (Nu 1:42, 43) The tribe of Naphtali, led by Ahira, camped in the wilderness N of the tabernacle, along with the tribes of Asher and Dan. As part of the three-tribe division of Dan’s camp, the tribes of Naphtali, Dan, and Asher were last in the marching order, occupying the important rearguard position. (Nu 1:15, 16; 2:25-31; 7:78; 10:25-28)
By the time a second census was taken, some four decades after the exodus from Egypt, the number of able-bodied men had dropped to 45,400. (Nu 26:50) Among the men lost by the tribe was Nahbi, one of the ten spies who brought back a bad report and discouraged the Israelites from entering the Promised Land. (Nu 13:14, 16, 31-33; 14:35-37.)
After crossing the Jordan River and participating in the conquest of Jericho and Ai under Joshua, Naphtali was one of the tribes that †˜stood for the invocation of evil†™ on Mount Ebal. (Jos 6:24, 25; 8:28, 30-35; De 27:13) When the land had to be divided as an inheritance among the different tribes, Pedahel—appointed by God to represent the tribe of Naphtali—helped Joshua and the priest Eleazar in this task. (Nu 34:16, 17, 28; Josh 19:51)
Land inheritance. The territory assigned to the tribe of Naphtali was in the N. part of the Promised Land. (De 34:1, 2) To the E. it was bordered by the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River; to the O., with the territory of Asher and Zebulun, and to the S., with that of Zebulun and Issachar. (Compare Jos 19:32-34.) The reference to Naphtali’s boundary reaching “Judah in the Jordan” (Jos 19:34) must not mean that it extended to the territory of the tribe of Judah, situated considerable distance to the S. of Naphtali. It is probable that in this case the term “Judah” refers to the region E. of the Jordan occupied by the family of Jair. Although Jair is considered a Manassite because of his maternal descent (Nu 32:41; Jos 13:29, 30), he was a descendant of Judah through his father (1Ch 2:5, 21, 22), so the region given to his family could properly be called “Judah.”
In the territory of Naphtali there were nineteen fortified cities with their villages. (Jos 19:35-39) One of these cities, Kedesh, was granted to the Levites and declared sacred as a city of refuge. (Jos 20:7, 9) Likewise, two other cities were designated for the Levites: Hammat (Hamot-dor or Hamon) and Qartan (Kiryathaim)….