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Reuben Archer Torrey
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Descended from Jacob's sixth son.
Gen. 30:7, 8
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And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
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And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. (Genesis 30:7‑8)
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Predictions respecting.
Gen. 49:21
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Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. (Genesis 49:21)
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Deut. 33:23
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And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south. (Deuteronomy 33:23)
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PERSONS SELECTED FROM,
To number the people.
Num. 1:15
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Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. (Numbers 1:15)
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To spy out the land.
Num. 13:14
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Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. (Numbers 13:14)
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To divide the land.
Num. 34:28
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And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. (Numbers 34:28)
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Strength of, on leaving Egypt.
Num. 1:42, 43
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Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. (Numbers 1:42‑43)
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The rear of the fourth division of Israel in their journeys.
Num. 10:25, 27
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And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (Numbers 10:25)
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. (Numbers 10:27)
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Encamped under the standard of Dan north of the tabernacle.
Num. 2:25, 29
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The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (Numbers 2:25)
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Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. (Numbers 2:29)
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Offering of, at the dedication.
Num. 7:78-83
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On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
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His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
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One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
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One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
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One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
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And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. (Numbers 7:78‑83)
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Families of.
Num. 26:48, 49
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Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
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Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. (Numbers 26:48‑49)
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Strength of, on entering Canaan.
Num. 26:50
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These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. (Numbers 26:50)
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On Ebal said amen to the curses.
Deut. 27:13
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And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (Deuteronomy 27:13)
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Bounds of their inheritance.
Josh. 19:32-39
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The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
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And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
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And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
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And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
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And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
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And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
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And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. (Joshua 19:32‑39)
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Did not drive out the Canaanites, but make them tributary.
Judg. 1:33
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Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them. (Judges 1:33)
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Chosen from Zebulun to go with Barak against Sisera.
Judg. 4:6, 10
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And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? (Judges 4:6)
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And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. (Judges 4:10)
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Praised for aiding against Sisera.
Judg. 5:18
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Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. (Judges 5:18)
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Joined Gibeon in the pursuit and overthrow of the Midianites.
Judg. 7:23
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And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. (Judges 7:23)
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Some of, at David's coronation.
1 Chron. 12:34
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And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. (1 Chronicles 12:34)
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Officer placed over, by David.
1 Chron. 27:19
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Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: (1 Chronicles 27:19)
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Officer placed over, by Solomon. 1 Kin. 4:15.
Land of, ravaged by Benhadad. 1 Kin. 15:20.
Land of, purged of idols by Josiah.
2 Chr. 34:6
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And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. (2 Chronicles 34:6)
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Taken captive by Tiglath-pileser. 2 Kin. 15:29.
Specially favored by our Lord's ministry.
Isa. 9:1, 2
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Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Isaiah 9:1‑2)
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Matt. 4:13-15
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And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
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The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; (Matthew 4:13‑15)
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Remarkable persons of;
Barak,
Jud. 4:6.
Hiram
., 1 Kin. 7:14.
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