Tribe of Naphtali

Twelve Tribes of Israel

  • Simeon
  • Levi
  • Judah
  • Dan
  • Naftali
  • Gad
  • Ash
  • Issachar
  • Zebulun
  • Josef Manasseh
  • Ephraim

Naphtali was the sixth son of Jacob and the second with Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid of (Gen 35,25 EU). Naftali is one of the twelve patriarchs of Israel.

Strain

The settlement area from the tribe of Naphtali was in the northern kingdom of Israel in the eastern part of the hill country of the later Roman province of Galilee. At the victory of Deborah and Barak over the Canaanite captain Sisera had the tribe of Naphtali, a significant proportion (Ri 4.6 10 EU and Ri 5.18 EU). Even with Gideon's victory over the Midianites was Naftali involved (Ri Ri 7.23 6.35 EU and EU). The settlement area of the tribe was in the 9th century BC by constantly conquests of the Arameans ( Syrians ) threatened (1 Kings 15,20 EU) and was 733 BC by the Assyrian Empire annexed ( 2 Kgs 15,29 EU).

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