Netophah
Cityaka Netophah
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.
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Key verses
1 Chronicles 11:30
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
2 Samuel 23:29
Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
Ezra 2:22
The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
2 Samuel 23:28
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
1 Chronicles 27:13
The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were Twenty-four thousand.
Nehemiah 7:26
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight.