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- Jos 19:32-39 -- Naphtali's Tribal Lands
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Naphtali
[isbe] NAPHTALI - naf'-ta-li (naphtali; Nephthaleim): I. THE PATRIARCH 1. Name 2. Circumstances of His Birth 3. Historical and Traditional Details II. TRIBE OF NAPHTALI 1. Its Relative Position 2. Its Location in Palestine 3. Physi...
[nave] NAPHTALI 1. Son of Jacob and Bilhah, Gen. 30:7, 8; 35:25. Jacob blesses, Gen. 49:21. Sons of, Gen. 46:24; 1 Chr. 7:13. 2. Tribe of. Census of, Num. 1:42, 43; 26:48-50. Position assigned to, in camp and march, Num. 2:25-3...
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Israel
[nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
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Joshua
[nave] JOSHUA 1. Called also Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea. Son of Nun, Num. 13:8; 1 Chr. 7:27. Intimately associated with Moses, Ex. 24:13; 32:17; 33:11. A religious zealot, Num. 11:28. Sent with others to view the promise...
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JOSHUA (2)
[isbe] JOSHUA (2) - || I. FORM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF NAME II. HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF JOSHUA 1. First Appearance 2. The Minister of Moses 3. One of the Spies 4. The Head of the People (1) His First Act--Sending of the Spies (2) Crossi...
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JIRJATHAIM
[smith] (the two cities). On the east of the Jordan, one of the places which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the Reubenites, and had fresh names conferred on them, (Numbers 32:37) and see (Numbers 32:38) the first and last o...
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Naphtali, Tribe of
[ebd] On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, "Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words" (Gen. 49:21). It was intended thus to set forth under poetic imagery the future character and history of the tri...
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Adamah
[ebd] red earth, a fortified city of Naphtali, probably the modern Damieh, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias (Josh. 19:33, 36).
[isbe] ADAMAH - ad'-a-ma ('adhamah; Adami): A fortified city in the territory of Naphtali, named between Chinnereth and Ramah (Josh 19:36). It is probably identical with the modern 'Admah, a ruin on the plateau about 10 miles North...
[smith] (red earth), one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali, named between Chinnereth and Ramah. (Joshua 19:36)
[nave] ADAMAH, called also Adami, a city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33, 36.
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ADAMI-NEKEB
[isbe] ADAMI-NEKEB - ad'-a-mi ne'-keb 'adhami ha-neqebh, "the ground of the piercing," that is of the pass, or defile): A place mentioned in indicating the border of Naphtali (Josh 19:33). In the King James Version, Adami and Nekeb...
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Hukkok
[ebd] decreed, a town near Zebulun, not far from Jordan, on the border of Naphtali (Josh. 19:34). (See HELKATH.)
[isbe] HUKKOK - huk'-ok (chuqqoq): A town on the border of Naphtali named with Aznoth-tabor (Josh 19:34). It is usually identified with the village of yaquq, which stands on the West of Wady el-`Amud, to the Northwest of Gennesaret...
[smith] (incised), a place on the boundary of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:34) It has been recovered in Yakuk , a village in the mountains of Naphtali west of the upper end of the Sea of Galilee.
[nave] HUKKOK, a place on the boundary line of Naphtali, Josh. 19:34.
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Rakkath
[ebd] shore-town, a "fenced city" of the tribe of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35). The old name of Tiberias, according to the Rabbins.
[isbe] RAKKATH - rak'-ath (raqqath; Codex Vaticanus Omathadaketh; Codex Alexandrinus Rhekkath): The Greek is obviously the result of confusing the two names Rakkath and Hammath, taking "r" in the former for "d". Rakkath was one of ...
[smith] (shore), a fortified city in the tribe of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:35) It was on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, not far from the warm baths of Tiberias.
[nave] RAKKATH, a city in Naphtali, Josh. 19:35.
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Allon
[ebd] oak. (1.) The expression in the Authorized Version of Josh. 19:33, "from Allon to Zaanannim," is more correctly rendered in the Revised Version, "from the oak in Zaanannim." The word denotes some remarkable tree which stood ...
[isbe] ALLON - al'-on ('allon, "oak"): (1) A town in the tribe of Naphtali in northern Palestine (Josh 19:33), according to the King James Version, which follows some Hebrew texts. It is better however to read with the Revised Vers...
[smith] a large strong tree of some description probably an oak. ALLON more accurately ELON, a place named among the cities of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:33) Probably the more correct construction is to take it with the following word, i....
[nave] ALLON 1. Son of Jedaiah, 1 Chr. 4:37. 2. A city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33.
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Horem
[ebd] consecrated, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38).
[isbe] HOREM - ho'-rem (chorem, "consecrated"): One of the fenced cities in the territory of Naphtali (Josh 19:38), named with Iron and Migdal-el. It may possibly be identified with the modern Hurah, which lies on a mound at the So...
[smith] (sacred), one of the fortified places in the territory of Naphtali; named with Iron and Migdalel. (Joshua 19:38) Van Deuteronomy Velde suggests Hurah as the site of Horem.
[nave] HOREM, a fortification in Naphtali, Josh. 19:38.
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Heleph
[ebd] exchange, a city on the north border of Naphtali (Josh. 19:33).
[isbe] HELEPH - he'-lef (cheleph): A place on the southern border of Naphtali (Josh 19:33); unidentified.
[smith] (exchange), the place from which the boundary of the tribe of Naphtali started. (Joshua 19:33)
[nave] HELEPH, town of Naphtali, Josh. 19:33.
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Hammath
[ebd] warm springs, one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35). It is identified with the warm baths (the heat of the water ranging from 136 degrees to 144 degrees) still found on the shore a little to the south of Tiber...
[isbe] HAMMATH - ham'-ath (chammath, "hot spring"): (1) "The father of the house of Rechab" (1 Ch 2:55). (2) One of the fenced cities of Naphtali, named with Zer, Rakkath and Chinnereth (Josh 19:35). It is doubtless identical with ...
[smith] (warm springs), one of the fortified cities in the territory allotted to Naphtali. (Joshua 19:35) It was near Tiberias, one mile distant, and had its name Chammath, "hot baths," because it contained those of Tiberias. In the ...
[nave] HAMMATH, a fortified city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:35. See: Hammon; Hammoth-dor.
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Hazor
[ebd] enclosed; fortified. (1.) A stronghold of the Canaanites in the mountains north of Lake Merom (Josh. 11:1-5). Jabin the king with his allied tribes here encountered Joshua in a great battle. Joshua gained a signal victory, w...
[isbe] HAZOR - ha'-zor (chatsor; Nasor; Codex Sinaiticus, Asor, 1 Macc 11:67): (1) The royal city of Jabin (Josh 11:1), which, before the Israelite conquest, seems to have been the seat of a wide authority (Josh 11:11). It was take...
[smith] (castle). A fortified city, which on the occupation of the country was allotted to Naphtali. (Joshua 19:36) Its position was apparently between Ramah and Kedesh, ibid. (Joshua 12:19) on the high ground overlooking the Lake o...
[nave] HAZOR 1. A fortified city of Naphtali, Josh. 11:1, 10, 11, 13; 12:19; 19:36; Judg. 4:2, 17; 1 Sam. 12:9; 2 Kin. 15:29; Neh. 11:33. 2. A city in the S. of Judah, Josh. 15:23; 1 Kin. 9:15. 3. A place N. of Jerusalem, Neh. 11...
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Migdal-el
[ebd] tower of God, a fortified city of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38), supposed by some to be identical with Magdala (q.v.).
[isbe] MIGDAL-EL - mig'-dal-el (mighdal-'el; Codex Vaticanus Megalaareim; Codex Alexandrinus Magdalieoram): The name, which means "tower of God," occurs between Iron and Horem in the list of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh 19:3...
[nave] MIGDAL-EL, a city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:38.
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Ziddim
[ebd] sides, a town of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35), has been identified with Kefr-Hattin, the "village of the Hittites," about 5 miles west of Tiberias.
[isbe] ZIDDIM - zid'-im (ha-tsiddim; Codex Vaticanus ton Turion; Codex Alexandrinus omits): A fortified city in Naphtali (Josh 19:35), probably represented by the modern Chattin, about 5 miles Northwest of Tiberias, in the opening ...
[nave] ZIDDIM, a city in Naphtali, Josh. 19:35.
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Zer
[isbe] ZER - zer, zer (tser; in Septuagint the verse (Josh 19:35) reads kai hai poleis teichereis ton Turion, which implies a Hebrew text with ha-tsurim, "Tyrians"; this must be an error): One of the fortified cities in Naphtali, n...
[smith] (flint), a fortified town in the allotment of Naphtali, (Joshua 19:35) only, probably in the neighborhood of the southwest side of the Lake of Gennesareth.
[nave] ZER, a city in Naphtali, Josh. 19:35.
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Ramah
[isbe] RAMAH - ra'-ma (ha-ramah, without the definite article only in Neh 11:33; Jer 31:15): The name denotes height, from root rum, "to be high," and the towns to which it applied seem all to have stood on elevated sites. (1) Code...
[smith] (a hill). This is the name of several places in the holy land. One of the cities of the allotment of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:25) Its site is at er-Ram , about five miles from Jerusalem, and near to Gibeah. (Judges 4:5; 19:13; 1...
[nave] RAMAH 1. Called Rama, Matt. 2:18. A city allotted to Benjamin, Josh. 18:25; Judg. 19:13. Attempted fortification of, by King Baasha; destruction of, by Asa, 1 Kin. 15:17-22; 2 Chr. 16:1-6. People of, return from the Babyl...
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Nekeb
[ebd] cavern, a town on the boundary of Naphtali (Josh. 19:33). It has with probability, been identified with Seiyadeh, nearly 2 miles east of Bessum, a ruin half way between Tiberias and Mount Tabor.
[isbe] NEKEB - ne'-keb: This name occurs only in combination with "Adami" ('adhami ha-neqebh, "Adami of the pass"); Septuagint reads the names of two places: kai Arme kai Nabok (B); kai Armai kai Nakeb (Josh 19:33), so we should po...
[nave] NEKEB, a city in Naphtali, Josh. 19:33.
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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)
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