Reference: Netophah
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A town near Bethlehem, of which little more than the name is known, 25/type/mstc'>2Sa 24:25,25; 2Ki 25:23; Ezr 2:22; Ne 7:26.
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And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And so the LORD was agreed with the land. And the plague ceased from Israel.
And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And so the LORD was agreed with the land. And the plague ceased from Israel.
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eight and fourscore;
Easton
distillation; dropping, a town in Judah, in the neighbourhood, probably, of Bethlehem (Ne 7:26; 1Ch 2:54). Two of David's guards were Netophathites (1Ch 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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The tenth captain in the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite of the Zerahites. And in his host twenty four thousand.
The twelfth Captain in the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel, and in his host twenty four thousand.
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eight and fourscore;
Fausets
("dropping".) A town coupled with Bethlehem in Ne 7:26, also in 1Ch 2:54; therefore near it. Two of David's heroes (1Ch 27:1,13,15), captains of two of the 12 monthly military courses, were NETOPHATHITES (2Sa 23:28-29). "Villages of Netophathites" were Levite singers' residences (1Ch 9:16; Ne 12:28). The Targum (1Ch 2:54; Ru 4:20; Ec 3:11) states that they slew the guards whom Jeroboam stationed on the roads to Jerusalem, to intercept the firstfruits from the villages to the temple. The fast on the 23rd Sivan, still in the Jewish calendar, commemorates Jeroboam's opposition. Between Bethlehem and Anathoth. Noticed as "in the wilderness" of Judah in the Acta Sanctorum. Answering to the ruin Metoba. N.E. of Bethlehem on the edge of the Mar Saba desert.
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Zalmon an Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite; Heleb the son of Baanah an Netophathite; Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, a city of the children of Benjamin;
The sons of Salma: Bethlehem and Netophathi, that were the glory of the house of Joab, and half the Manathites and of the Zorites.
The sons of Salma: Bethlehem and Netophathi, that were the glory of the house of Joab, and half the Manathites and of the Zorites.
Obadiah the son of Shemaiah the son of Galal the son of Jeduthun. And Berechiah the son of Asa the son of Elkanah that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
So speak of the children of Israel: in the number of them were ancient heads and captains of thousands and hundreds, and officers that served the king in all things according to the companies that came in or went out, month by month throughout all the months of the year. And every company had twenty four thousand.
The tenth captain in the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite of the Zerahites. And in his host twenty four thousand.
The twelfth Captain in the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel, and in his host twenty four thousand.
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eight and fourscore;
And the children of the singers gathered themselves together from the plain country about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,
All this hath he ordained marvelous goodly, to every thing his due time. He hath planted ignorance also in the hearts of men, that they should not find out the ground of his works, which he doth from the beginning to the end.
Hastings
A town, the name of which first occurs in the list of the exiles who returned under Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:22 = Ne 7:26 = 1Es 5:18 Netophas). Perhaps the name is preserved in the modern Beit Nettif at the entrance to the Wady es-Sunt or Vale of Elah. The gentilic name the Netophathite(s) occurs in 2Sa 23:28 f., 2Ki 25:23; Jer 40:8.
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And when all the captains of the men of war and the men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizphah: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and Jaazaniah the son of Maachathi and their men.
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eight and fourscore;
They came to Gedaliah unto Mizphah: Namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathah the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of Maachathi, with their companions.
Morish
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The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eight and fourscore;
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Neto'phah
(distillation), a town the name of which occurs only in the catalogue of those who returned with Zerubbabel from the captivity.
1 Esdr. 5:18. But, though not directly mentioned till so late a period, Netophah was really a much older place. Two of David's guard,
were Netophathites. The "villages of the Neophathites" were the residence of the Levites.
From another notice we learn that the particular Levites who inhabited these villages were singers.
To judge from
the town was in the neighborhood of, or closely connected with, Bethlehem.
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Obadiah the son of Shemaiah the son of Galal the son of Jeduthun. And Berechiah the son of Asa the son of Elkanah that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
I will be his father and he shall be my son, and I will not put my mercy away from him as I did from him that was before thee.
When Nathan had told David according to all these words, and to all this vision, king David went
The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred and eight and fourscore;
And the children of the singers gathered themselves together from the plain country about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,