Netophah

City

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, 15). It has been identified with the ruins of Metoba, or Um Toba, to the north-east of Bethlehem.

Named in 6 verses

2 Samuel 23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
2 Samuel 23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
1 Chronicles 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
1 Chronicles 27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites. In his division were twenty-four thousand.
Ezra 2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
Nehemiah 7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred eighty-eight.