Netophah, Netophathite — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Home and designation for two of David’s thirty mighty men (2 Sm 23:28-29; 1 Chr 11:30; 27:13-15). Seraiah, one of the captains who came to Gedaliah, the governor in Jerusalem after its fall to Babylon in 586 BC, was a Netophathite (2 Kgs 25:23; Jer 40:8). Fifty-six men of Netophah are mentioned as among the exiles who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Joshua (Ezr 2:22).

Show passage in OET: SA2 23:28–29

OET-RV SA2 23:28

• 28 Tsalmon the Ahohi,
• Maharay the Netofati,

OET-RV SA2 23:29

• 29 Ba’anah’s son Helev the Netofati,
• Rivay’s son Itay from Giveah (in Benyamin),

OET-LV SA2 23:28

28 Tsalmōn/(Zalmon) the_ʼAḩōḩī Mahₐray the_Nəţofātī.

OET-LV SA2 23:29

29 Ḩēleⱱ the _son _of Baˊₐnāh the_Nəţofātī ʼIttay the _son _of Rīⱱay from_Gibeah of _the _descendants _of of _Binyāmīn.

Show passage in OET: CH1 11:30

OET-RV CH1 11:30

30 Maharay (from Netofah), Heled (Ba’anah’s son from Netofah),

OET-LV CH1 11:30

30 Mahₐray the_Nəţofātī Ḩēled the _son _of Baˊₐnāh the_Nəţofātī.

Show passage in OET: CH1 27:13–15

OET-RV CH1 27:13

• 13 The tenth leader, for the tenth month, was Maharay the Netofati (a Zarhi). His division was twenty-four thousand men.

OET-RV CH1 27:14

• 14 The eleventh leader, for the eleventh month, was Benayah the Pireatoni (an Efrati). His division was twenty-four thousand men.

OET-RV CH1 27:15

• 15 The twelfth leader, for the twelfth month, was Helday the Otnieli (a Netofati). His division was twenty-four thousand men.

OET-LV CH1 27:13

13 Was_the_tenth for_month (the)_tenth Mahₐray the_Nəţofātī of_Zerahite[s] and_were_with division _of_his twenty and_four thousand.

OET-LV CH1 27:14

14 Was_one _plus _of ten for_the _one _plus _of ten the_month Bənā^yāh the_Pirˊātōnī one _of the _descendants _of ʼEfrayim and_were_with division _of_his twenty and_four thousand.

OET-LV CH1 27:15

15 The _two_plus ten for_two _plus ten the_month Ḩelday the_Nəţofātī of_ˊOtnī^ʼēl and_were_with division _of_his twenty and_four thousand.

Show passage in OET: KI2 25:23

OET-RV KI2 25:23

23 When all the army captains and their men heard that the Babylonian king had appointed Gedalyah, they came to Gedalyah at Mitspah. This was Netanyah’s son Yishmael (Ishmael), Kareah’s son Yohanan, Tanhumet’s son Serayah the Netofati, and the Ma’akati’s son Ya’azanyah, along with their men.

OET-LV KI2 25:23

23 And_ all _of the _commanders _of the _armies they and_the_men _they _heard if/because _that the _king _of Bāⱱel he _had _appointed DOM Gədal^yāh and_they _came to Gədal^yāh (the)_Miʦpāh and_Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) the _son _of Nətan^yāh and_Yōḩānān/(Johanan) the _son _of Qārēaḩ and_Sərā^yāh the _son _of Tanḩumet the_Nəţofātī and_Yaʼₐzan^yāh/(Jaazaniah) the _son _of the_Maˊₐkātī they and_men _of_their.

Show passage in OET: JER 40:8

OET-RV JER 40:8

8 So they went to Gedalyah at Mitspah. Those who went were Netanyah’s son Yishmael (Ishmael), Kareah’s sons Yohanan and Yonatan (Jonathan), Tanhumet’s son Serayah, the sons of Ofay the Netofati, and Ma’akati’s son Yezanyah, and their men.

OET-LV JER 40:8

8 And_they _came to Gədal^yāh to_(the)_Miʦpāh and_Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) the _son _of Nətan^yāh and_Yōḩānān/(Johanan) and_Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) the _sons _of Qārēaḩ and_Sərā^yāh the _son _of Tanḩumet and_the _sons of _ˊŌfay/(Ephai) the_Nəţofātī and_Yəzan^yāh/(Jezaniah) the _son _of the_Maˊₐkātī they and_men _of_their.

Show passage in OET: EZR 2:22

OET-RV EZR 2:22

• 22 56 from Netofah,

OET-LV EZR 2:22

22 The _men _of Nəţofāh fifty and_six.

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First Chronicles 9:16 speaks of Levites who lived in the villages of Netophathites, while Nehemiah 12:28 says that temple singers were gathered from the villages surrounding Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites. Both of these references suggest that Netophah was the name of a district and not just of a town.

Show passage in OET: CH1 9:16

OET-RV CH1 9:16

16 Ovadyah (Obadiah) (who was Shemayah’s son, Shemayah was Galal’s son, Galal was Yedutun’s son), and Berekyah who lived in one of the villages where the Netofat people lived (Berekyah was Asa’s son, Asa was Elkanah’s son).

OET-LV CH1 9:16

16 And_ˊOⱱad^yāh the _son _of Shəmaˊ^yāh the _son _of Gālāl the _son _of Yədūtūn/(Jeduthun) and_Berek^yāh the _son _of ʼĀşāʼ the _son _of ʼElqānāh who_dwelt in_the _villages _of the_Nəţofātī[s].

Show passage in OET: NEH 12:28

OET-RV NEH 12:28

28 plus the next generation of singers came both from Yerushalem and its surrounds, and from the Netofati villages.

OET-LV NEH 12:28

28 And_ the _sons _of the _singers _they _gathered and_from the_district around Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_from the_villages _of the_Nəţofātī[s].

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The linking of Netophah with Bethlehem (see 1 Chr 2:54; Neh 7:26) indicates that it was in that vicinity. The actual site of Netophah is not known; however, the most probable location is the modern Khirbet Bedd Faluh, three miles (4.8 kilometers) southeast of Bethlehem.