The families of the tribe of Naphtali received the sixth assignment of land. The northern border of its territory went from the town of Heleph to the oak near the town of Zaanannim, then continued to Adami Nekeb, Jabneel, and on to Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan River. It turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, extended from there to Hukok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and the Jordan on the east. The fortified towns of Naphtali included
Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,
Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh—nineteen towns and their villages. Naphtali’s families inherited this entire region.
The families of the tribe of Dan received the seventh assignment of land. Its area included the towns of
Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah,
Elon, Timnah, Ekron, Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, Me Jarkon, and Rakkon,
as well as the territory around Joppa.
The Danites had difficulty taking possession of their territory, so they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, killed its inhabitants, and occupied it. Then they renamed the city after their ancestor Dan. Dan’s families inherited this entire region.