the mountainous district of Naphtali ( Joshua 20:7 ).
the mountainous district which formed the main part of the inheritance of Naphtali, ( Joshua 20:7 ) answering to "Mount Ephraim" in the centre and "Mount Judah" in the south of Palestine. [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
NAPHTALI, MOUNT
(har naphtali; en to orei to Nephthalei):
This was the most northerly of the three divisions of the Western Range, which derived their names from those of the tribes holding chief sway over them--Mt. Judah, Mt. Ephraim, and, Mt. Naphtali (Joshua 20:7 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) replaces Mount" by the hill country of").
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