Bible Dictionary · N
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, 1 Chr 27:15). It has been identified with the ruins of Metoba, or Um Toba, to the north-east of Bethlehem.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Ezra 2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
- Nehemiah 7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
