Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions)

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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.

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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
Sea of Galilee
surface form: Chinnereth

Hazor
Kedesh
associatedWithJudge Deborah
Gideon
associatedWithKingdom Northern Kingdom of Israel
associatedWithNewTestamentLocation ministry region of Jesus
associatedWithProphecy Isaiah 9:1–2
associatedWithRegion Galilee
surface form: 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 Assyria
surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire
conquestEvent Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
surface form: Assyrian exile of northern tribes
hadCityOfRefuge Kedesh
surface form: Kedesh in Galilee
hasAncestralMatriarch Bilhah
hasAncestralPatriarch Jacob
Naphtali
languageOfTradition Hebrew
mentionedIn 1 Kings
surface form: Book of 1 Kings

Book of Genesis
Book of Joshua
Judges
surface form: Book of Judges

Book of Numbers
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: 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
Galilee
surface form: Upper Galilee

northern Israel
tribalBlessingGivenBy Jacob
Moses

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Adar associatedWithTribe Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions)
Ham hasDescendantGroup Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions)
this entity surface form: Naphtuhim (via Mizraim in some traditions)