Hide Article Text (OCR)
ORIENTAL SKETCHES.-Second Series.Number 31.HISTORY OF NAPIITALI.It is interesting and instructive tonote the effect which its geographical position had upon the character and history of Naphtali. It was separated from the great body of the nation. The power of Israel lay in the mountains of Ephraim and Judah. The plUin of Jezreel, so often swept by foreign armies and desert hordes, almost cut off communication with Naphtali, and left that tribe isolated and helpless amid its mountains. Need we wonder thatunder such circumstances it showedtimidity and indecision—that it shrunk from active warfare, and left some of its allotted cities in the hands of theCanaanites, rather than battle for its rights. Judges i. 33. Even Barak, Naphtali’s most renowned warrior, refused to take the field until Deborahu0s
Newspaper Details
Plymouth Restitution
Plymouth, Indiana, US
Wed, Oct 17, 1883
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
GB 16 Jun 2021
Other Publications Near Plymouth, Indiana
Plymouth Republican
Plymouth Democrat
Plymouth Banner
Plymouth Marshall County Republican
Plymouth Semi Weekly Independent
