1 Chronicles 7:13

11. THE DESCENDANTS OF NAPHTALI (1 Chronicles 7:13)

TEXT

1 Chronicles 7:13. The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

PARAPHRASE

1 Chronicles 7:13. The sons of Naphtali (descendants of Jacob's wife Bilhah) were: Jahzi-el, Guni, Jezer, Shallum. The reference to this tribe is very brief. Bilhah, Jacob's concubine, was the mother of Naphtali and Dan. In the first census Naphtali's tribe numbered 53,400 warriors (Numbers 1:42-43). In the second census in the Plains of Moab this tribe numbered 45,400, having suffered considerable loss in the wilderness wandersings. The territory of this tribe was situated in what later came to be known as the Galilee country. There is no additional specific information on Naphtali's sons.