Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions)

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biblical tribe tribe of Israel

The Tribe of Naftali is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Jacob’s son Naphtali and associated with the northern Galilean region.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical tribe → tribe of Israel →
allotmentDescribedIn	Joshua 19 →
allottedBy	Joshua →
appearsIn	later Jewish traditions → rabbinic literature →
associatedConcept	Ten Lost Tribes of Israel →
associatedWithBlessingTheme	beauty of words → fertility → freedom →
associatedWithCity	Beth Shemesh → Chinnereth → Hazor → Kedesh →
associatedWithJudge	Deborah → Gideon →
associatedWithKingdom	Northern Kingdom of Israel →
associatedWithNewTestamentLocation	ministry region of Jesus →
associatedWithProphecy	Isaiah 9:1–2 →
associatedWithRegion	Galilee of the nations → land of Naphtali →
associatedWithSea	Sea of Galilee →
blessingDescribedIn	Deuteronomy 33:23 → Genesis 49:21 →
borderedBy	Tribe of Asher → Tribe of Dan → Tribe of Issachar → Tribe of Zebulun →
calledToArmsBy	Gideon →
conqueredBy	Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED →
conquestEvent	Assyrian exile of northern tribes →
hadCityOfRefuge	Kedesh in Galilee →
hasAncestralMatriarch	Bilhah →
hasAncestralPatriarch	Jacob → Naphtali →
languageOfTradition	Hebrew →
mentionedIn	Book of 1 Kings → Book of Genesis → Book of Joshua → Book of Judges → Book of Numbers → Hebrew Bible → Old Testament →
militaryEvent	battle against Sisera →
militaryEventDescribedIn	Judges 4 → Judges 5 →
militaryFigure	Barak →
namedAfter	Naphtali →
participatedIn	Song of Deborah events →
partOf	Twelve Tribes of Israel →
religiousTradition	Christianity → Judaism →
symbolInSomeTraditions	deer → gazelle →
traditionalTerritory	Galilee → Upper Galilee → northern Israel →
tribalBlessingGivenBy	Jacob → Moses →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adar →	associatedWithTribe