Person
Naphtali
Also called Nephthalim
Mentioned in 49 verses across 14 books, first in Judges 1:33. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 6 verses in Judges, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Judges
- Judges 1:33
Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
- Judges 4:6
She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
- Judges 4:10
where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
- Judges 5:18
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
- Judges 6:35
Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.
- Judges 7:23
Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
Events
Events the dataset lists Naphtali as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 1754 BCBirth of Naphtali
- c. 1728 BCJoseph sold to Egypt
- c. 1708 BC7 years of famine
- c. 1706 BCJoseph's brothers return to Egypt
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
My wrestling, the fifth son of Jacob. His mother was Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid (Gen. 30:8). When Jacob went down into Egypt, Naphtali had four sons (Gen. 46:24). Little is known of him as an individual.