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Nave Topical Bible
• Naphtali
Thompson Chain Reference
• Naphtali
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Naphtali, the Tribe of
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Naphtali
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Naphtali
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Naphtali
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Naphtali, Tribe of
• Naphtali, Mount
• Naphtali
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Naphtali
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Naphtali
• Kedesh-Naphtali
• Kedesh in Naphtali
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Naphtali
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Naphtali
• Kedesh-Naphtali
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Naphtali (2)
• Naphtali
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Naphtali, Mount
• Naphtali
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Naphtali
• Kedesh Naphtali
People's Bible Dictionary
• Naphtali
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Naphtali Mount
• Naphtali
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Naphtali
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Naphtali
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Kedesh-Naphtali
• Naphtali
• Naphtali, Mount
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Naphtali
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Daggett Naphtali, D.D.
• Jabneel of Naphtali
• Kedesh of Naphtali
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Abraham Abele ben Naphtali
• Ashkenazi, Naphtali B. Joseph
• Baer B. Naphtali ha-Kohen
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Lexicons
• ܢܰܦ݂ܬ݁ܳܠܺܝ
• Νεφθαλίμ
• נַפְתָּלִי
• קֶדֶשׁ

Naphtali was the younger of two sons whom Rachel’s maid Bilhah bore to Jacob (Genesis 30:7-8). The tribe descended from him settled in the north of Canaan, and together with the neighbouring tribe of Zebulun occupied much of the region later known as Galilee. This was the region to the north and west of the Sea of Chinnereth (Lake Galilee) where Jesus grew up and where he spent most of the time recorded of him in the New Testament. The country was mainly hilly, with good pastures and fertile soil (Genesis 49:21; Deuteronomy 33:23; Joshua 19:32-39; Joshua 20:7; Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:12-16). (For other features of the region see BETHSAIDA; CAPERNAUM; CHINNERETH; GALILEE; HAZOR.)

In Old Testament times the men of Naphtali proved to be good fighters when called upon to help the other tribes in battle (Judges 4:6; Judges 4:10; Judges 5:18; Judges 6:35; Judges 7:23; 1 Chronicles 12:34). The tribe itself, however, was open to attack from the north (1 Kings 15:20). It was among the first tribes to go into captivity when Assyria invaded and finally destroyed Israel (2 Kings 15:29). Yet out of this land of darkness and defeat came light and salvation in the person of Jesus Christ (Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:12-16).