iii. The land of NAPHTALI stretched from the Sea of Chinnereth

to the valley which separates the ranges of Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, and was one of the most densely wooded districts of the country; its forests surpassed even those of Carmel, and the land has been described as a “natural park of oaks and terebinths.” Its soil also was rich and fertile, _full with the blessing of the Lord_ (Deut. xxxiii. 23).