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Netophah
Named in 6 verses across 4 books, first in 2 Samuel 23:28.
In the Bible
All 6 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 23:28
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
- 2 Samuel 23:29
Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 11:30
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:13
The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
Ezra
- Ezra 2:22
the men of Netophah, 56;
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 7:26
the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Distillation; dropping, a town in Judah, in the neighbourhood, probably, of Bethlehem (Neh. 7:26; 1 Chr. 2:54). Two of David’s guards were Netophathites (1 Chr. 27:13, 15). It has been identified with the ruins of Metoba, or Um Toba, to the north-east of Bethlehem.