Dan and Naphtali Facts for 3-8 Year Olds

Categories: Jacob

• Rachel can’t get pregnant.
• Bilhah is her handmaid.
• Bilhah has a baby for her.
• It’s a boy.
• Rachel names him “Dan.”
• “Dan” means “judgment” or “he has judged me.”
• Nothing is known about Dan as a boy.
• Dan has one son, Hushim.
• Dan is the ancestor of the Tribe of Dan.
• The Tribe of Dan is shrewd like a serpent.
• The Tribe of Dan gets bigger during the wilderness years.
• They settle in the most northern city of Israel.
• They name it Dan.
• The Assyrians conquer the territory of Dan in 722 BCE.
• Bilhah’s second son for Rachel is Naphtali.
• Naphtali means, “My struggle.”
• Nothing is known about Naphtali as a boy.
• Naphtali has four sons, Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
• He dies at the age of 137.
• Naphtali is the ancestor of the Tribe of Naphtali.
• The Tribe of Naphtali gets smaller during the wilderness.
• Their territory is in the north.
• They are also captured by the Assyrians.