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Naphtali נַפְתָּלִי
Jacob's son. Naphtali, the sixth son of Jacob and second son of Bilhah, was the founder of the Israelite tribe that bore his name.
Family
| Father | Israel |
|---|---|
| Mother | Bilhah |
| Children | Guni, Jahzeel, Jezer, Shillem |
| Brothers and sisters | Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Dinah, Gad, Issachar, Joseph, Judah, Levi, Reuben, Simeon, Zebulun |
Where Naphtali appears
Numbers (10), 1 Chronicles (7), Judges (6), Joshua (5), Genesis (4), Deuteronomy (3), 1 Kings (3), Ezekiel (3), 2 Chronicles (2), Matthew (2), Exodus (1), 2 Kings (1) and 3 more
Key verses
- Genesis 30:8 first mention — And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
- Genesis 46:24 — And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
- Genesis 49:21 — Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
- Joshua 20:7 — And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
- Judges 4:6 — And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
- Judges 4:10 — And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
- Judges 5:18 — Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
- 1 Kings 7:14 — 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.
- 2 Kings 15:29 — In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
- Psalms 68:27 — There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
- Isaiah 9:1 — Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
- Matthew 4:13 — And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.