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The Tribe of Naphtali (Hebrew: נַפְתָּלִי) was one of the northernmost of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is also known as one of the ten lost tribes.
Origin[]
The tribe was named after Naphtali, the younger of two sons born to Jacob and Bilhah, a maidservant of Jacob’s second wife, Rachel.
Territory[]
In the biblical account, following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. Naphtali settled the eastern side of the Galilee, in the areas now known as the Lower Galilee, and Upper Galilee. The most significant city was Hazor. The tribe’s territory was bordered on the west by Asher, in the north by Dan, in the south by Zebulun, and by the Jordan River on the east.