23And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-25)Here is, I. The blessing of Dan, Deut. 33:22. Jacob in his blessing had compared him to a serpent for subtlety; Moses compares him to a lion for courage and resolution: and what could stand before those that had the head of a serpent and the heart of a lion? He is compared to the lions that leaped from Bashan, a mountain noted for fierce lions, whence they came down to leap upon their prey in the…
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