Thematic Bible: The tribe of Naphtali


Thematic Bible



Naphtali is a doe set free
that bears beautiful fawns.
Verse ConceptsBeauty, In NatureYoung AnimalBeauty Of ThingsDeer Etc.Deer

He said about Naphtali:

Naphtali, enjoying approval,
full of the Lord’s blessing,
take possession to the west and the south.
Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sGrace, In OtPlenty Through GodBlessed By Godlakes

and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

The military divisions of the camp of Dan with their banner set out, serving as rear guard for all the camps, and Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over Dan’s division. Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelFlagsLast Ones

The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan.

Dan’s military divisions will camp on the north side under their banner. The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelFlags

She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Hasn’t the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you: ‘Go, deploy the troops on Mount Tabor, and take with you 10,000 men from the Naphtalites and Zebulunites? Verse ConceptsDeborahTens Of Thousands

Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; 10,000 men followed him, and Deborah also went with him. Verse ConceptsFighting TogetherTens Of Thousands

for Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah;
for Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;

From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleThirty Thousand And Up

He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali and on their surrounding mountain shrines.

And these tribes will stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Naphtali's descendants by their clans: the Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel; the Gunite clan from Guni; the Jezerite clan from Jezer; the Shillemite clan from Shillem.

On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the Naphtalites, [presented an offering]. His offering was one silver dish weighing three and a quarter pounds and one silver basin weighing one and three-quarter pounds, [measured] by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense; read more.
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.

The descendants of Naphtali: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of those 20 years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army, those registered for the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

The sixth lot came out for Naphtali's descendants by their clans. Their boundary went from Heleph and from the oak in Zaanannim, including Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan. To the west, the boundary turned to Aznoth-tabor and went from there to Hukkok, reaching Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east. read more.
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh-19 cities, with their villages. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali's descendants by their clans, the cities with their villages.

Rachel's slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. Rachel said, "In [my] wrestlings with God, I have wrestled with my sister and won," and she named him Naphtali.

Nahbi son of Vophsi from the tribe of Naphtali;

Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the land of Naphtali—and deported the people to Assyria. Verse ConceptsExile, in assyriaArmies, Against IsraelExile Of Israel To AssyriaCapturing CitiesList Of Kings Of Israel

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, all Chinnereth, and the whole land of Naphtali. Verse ConceptsNations Attacking Israel

These were the Naphtali clans numbered by their registered men: 45,400. Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And Up

Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali.

He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze craftsman. Hiram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge to do every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work. Verse ConceptsBrassActual Widowscraftsmanship

Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future He will bring honor to the Way of the Sea, to the land east of the Jordan, and to Galilee of the nations. The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of darkness, a light has dawned.

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also had married a daughter of Solomon—Basemath);
Verse ConceptsNamed Wives

Then the men of Israel were called from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.

Naphtali did not drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh or the residents of Beth-anath. They lived among the Canaanites who were living in the land, but the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served as their forced labor. Verse ConceptsLiving TogetherForced Labour

Zebulun was a people risking their lives,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
Verse ConceptsCourage, Examples OfLife DespisedRisking

She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Hasn’t the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you: ‘Go, deploy the troops on Mount Tabor, and take with you 10,000 men from the Naphtalites and Zebulunites? Verse ConceptsDeborahTens Of Thousands

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