Kartan

Kartan appears once, in the Levitical-city allotment, as one of the three towns given to the Levites out of the territory of the tribe of Naphtali.

A Levitical City of Naphtali

Joshua 21 distributes cities and pasture lands among the Levitical clans. The portion drawn from Naphtali is itemized in a single verse: "And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs--the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities" (Josh 21:32). Kartan stands third in the list, after Kedesh in Galilee — which carries the additional designation of city of refuge — and Hammoth-dor. Each of the three is paired with its surrounding pasturage, and together they form Naphtali's contribution of Levitical residences.