Kartan
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Kartan - double city, a town of Naphtali
, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the Cities of Refuge
. It was probably near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias, identical with the ruined village el-Katanah.
Naphtali
According to the Book of Genesis, Naphtali was the second son of Jacob with Bilhah. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali. However, some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the...
, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the Cities of Refuge
Cities of Refuge
The Cities of Refuge were towns in the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah in which the perpetrators of manslaughter could claim the right of asylum; outside of these cities, blood vengeance against such perpetrators was allowed by law...
. It was probably near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias, identical with the ruined village el-Katanah.