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<p> ''''' nḗ ''''' - ''''' tō´fa ''''' ( נטפה , <i> ''''' neṭōphāh ''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] Νετωφά , <i> ''''' Netōphá ''''' </i> , Νεφωτά , <i> ''''' Nephōtá ''''' </i> , and other variants): The birthplace of two of David's heroes, [[Maharai]] and [[Heleb]] ( 2 Samuel 23:28 , 2 Samuel 23:29 ), also of [[Seraiah]] the son of [[Tanhumeth]] the Netophathite, one of the captains who came to offer allegiance to [[Gedaliah]] ( 2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8 ). "The villages of the Netophathites" are mentioned ( 1 Chronicles 9:16 ) as the dwellings of certain [[Levites]] and ( Nehemiah 12:28 , the King James Version "Netophathi") of certain "sons of the singers." </p> <p> The first mention of the place itself is in Ezra 2:22; Nehemiah 7:26; 1 [[Esdras]] 5:18 (the Revised Version (British and American) "Netophas"), where we have parallel lists of the exiles returning from [[Babylon]] under Zerubbabel; the place is mentioned between [[Bethlehem]] and [[Anathoth]] and in literary association with other cities in the mountains of Judah, e.g. Gibeon, Kiriath-jearim, Chephereh and Beeroth. In this respect it is most plausible to identify it with [[Nephtoah]] (which see), although the disappearance of the terminal guttural in the latter creates a difficulty. Conder has suggested a site known as <i> '''''Khirbet''''' </i> <i> '''''Umm''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ṭoba''''' </i> , Northeast of Bethlehem, an ancient site, but not apparently of great importance. <i> '''''Beit''''' </i> <i> '''''Nettı̄f''''' </i> , an important village on a lofty site in the [[Shephelah]] near the "Vale of Elah," also appears to have an echo of the name, and indeed may well be the Beth [[Netophah]] of the [[Mishna]] ( <i> '''''Shebhū‛ōth''''' </i> , ix.5; Neubauer, <i> Geogr </i> ., 128), but the position does not seem to agree at all with that of the Old [[Testament]] Netophah. <i> '''''Khirbet''''' </i> <i> '''''Umm''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ṭoba''''' </i> see <i> [[Palestine]] Exploration Fund </i> , III, 128; for <i> '''''Beit''''' </i> <i> '''''Nettı̄f''''' </i> , <i> Palestine Exploration Fund </i> , III, 24; <i> RBR </i> , II, 17 f; both Sh Xvii . </p>
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==References ==
<p> The probable representative of this site appears as Khurbet Um Toba aon the Ordnance Map, at two and a quarter miles north-east of Bethlehem, but no description is given in the accompanying Memoirs. </p>
 
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<ref name="term_6549"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/netophah Netophah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_52836"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/netophah+(2) Netophah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 10:25, 15 October 2021

Netophah [1]

The probable representative of this site appears as Khurbet Um Toba aon the Ordnance Map, at two and a quarter miles north-east of Bethlehem, but no description is given in the accompanying Memoirs.

References

  1. ↑ Netophah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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