Lexicon :: Strong's H5321 - nap̄tālî

Rachel said, “In my wrestlings with God,[fn] I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.[fn]

The sons of Rachel’s slave Bilhah

were Dan and Naphtali.

Naphtali’s sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

“Naphtali is a doe set free

that bears beautiful fawns.

Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

“Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali.

The descendants of Naphtali: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

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

On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the Naphtalites, presented an offering.

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

Nahbi son of Vophsi from the tribe of Naphtali;

Naphtali’s descendants by their clans:

the Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel;

the Gunite clan from Guni;

These were the Naphtali clans numbered by their registered men: 45,400.

“Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali’s descendants.”

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

He said about Naphtali:

Naphtali, enjoying approval,

full of the LORD’s blessing,

take[fn] possession to the west and the south.

all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean[fn] Sea,

The sixth lot came out for Naphtali’s descendants by their clans.

This was the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali’s descendants by their clans, the cities with their settlements.

So they designated Kedesh in the hill country of Naphtali in Galilee, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

Gershon’s descendants received thirteen cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

From the tribe of Naphtali they gave:

Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands ​— ​three cities.

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.

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 ten thousand men from the Naphtalites and Zebulunites?

Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

The people of Zebulun defied death,

Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

He sent messengers throughout all of Manasseh, who rallied behind him. He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, who also came to meet him.

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

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

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.

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.

In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser 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.

Dan, Joseph, Benjamin,

Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

The Gershomites were assigned thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.

From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

Naphtali’s sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum ​— ​Bilhah’s sons.

From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.

In addition, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came and brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen ​— ​abundant provisions of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine and oil, herds, and flocks. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

for Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah;

for Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies to the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim,[fn] and all the storage cities[fn] of Naphtali.

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

There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them,

the rulers of Judah in their assembly,[fn]

the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.

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.

“Next to the territory of Asher, from the east side to the west, will be Naphtali ​— ​one portion.

“On the west side, which is 1 ¹/₂ miles, there will be three gates: one, the gate of Gad; one, the gate of Asher; and one, the gate of Naphtali.