Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum. It ended at the Jordan.
Parallel translations
- KJV And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
- BSB Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.
- NKJV And their border began at Heleph, enclosing the territory from the terebinth tree in Zaanannim, Adami Nekeb, and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum; it ended at the Jordan.
- NASB Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and it ended at the Jordan.
- NLT Its boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak at Zaanannim, and extended across to Adami-nekeb, Jabneel, and as far as Lakkum, ending at the Jordan River.
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Quick answer
Naphtali's border runs from Heleph and the oak in Zaanannim down to the Jordan. The line traces the tribe's territory in the far north.
Overview
The boundary description sets Naphtali in the hill country and around the Sea of Galilee. Landmarks like the oak in Zaanannim anchored the survey to known features of the land. This northern region, granted here by God, would centuries later resound with the preaching of the Messiah, showing how God's geographic gifts served His larger redemptive plan.
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- Judg 4:11Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
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