The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
Parallel translations
- KJV And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
- BSB The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
- NKJV And the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
- NASB The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
- NLT The fortified towns included in this territory were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,
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Quick answer
Naphtali's fortified cities include Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth. These walled towns lay near the Sea of Galilee.
Overview
The mention of fortified cities highlights Naphtali's strategic position guarding Israel's northern frontier and the lake region. Chinnereth gave its name to the Sea of Galilee, the very waters where Jesus would call disciples and still the storm. The land God assigned here became central to the unfolding of the gospel.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 11:2and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
- Gen 10:18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
- 1 Kgs 8:65So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.
- Josh 13:27and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan’s bank, to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
- Num 13:21So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
- Num 34:8From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad.
- Mark 6:53When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.
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