NAPHTALI  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, the name of an Israelite tribe, the " son " of See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob by Bilhah, See also:

• RACHEL (1821-1858)

Rachel's maid, and the uterine See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• DAN

Dan (Gen. See also:

• XXX

xxx . 8) . It See also:

• LAY

lay to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Dan in the eastern See also:

• HALF

half of upper See also:

• GALILEE
• GALILEE (Heb. 5'S?, " border " or " ring," Gr. I'aXi?aia)
• GALILEE, SEA OF

Galilee (Josh. xix . 32-39), a fertile mountainous See also:

• DISTRICT

district (cf . Gen. xlix . 21; Dent. xxxiii . 23), open to the surrounding influences of See also:

• PHOENICIA

Phoenicia and See also:

• ARAM, EUGENE (17o4-17J9)

Aram . Apart from its See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against Sisera (Judg. iv. seq., see See also:

• DEBORAH (Heb. for " bee ")

DEBORAH), little is known of it . It evidently suffered in the bloody conflicts of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus with See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel (I See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings xv . 2o), and was depopulated by Tiglath-Pileser IV . (2 Kings xv . 29; Isa. ix .

I) . ' Naphtali and Dan are " See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers," perhaps partly on See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical grounds, but Dan also had a seat in the south (south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• EPHRAIM

Ephraim), and the name of the " See also:

• MOTHER

mother " Bilhah is apparently connected with Bilhan, an Edomite and also a Benjamite name (Gen. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . 27; I Chron. vii. so) . For the view connecting Naphtali (perhaps a geographical rather than a tribal See also:

• TERM

term), or rather its Israelite inhabitants, with the south see the full discussion by H . W . See also:

• HOGG, JAMES (1770-1835)
• HOGG, THOMAS JEFFERSON (1792–1862)

Hogg, Ency . Bib. iii. See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col . 3332 sqq• with references .