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Netophah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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NETOPHAH. A town, the name of which first occurs in the list of the exiles who returned under Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:22 = Nehemiah 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 2 Samuel 23:28 f., 2 Kings 25:23 , Jeremiah 40:8 .

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Netophah'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​n/netophah.html. 1909.
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