Netophah

Identified as

Khirbet Badd Faluh

Certainty

Possible (56% of scholarship)

Coordinates

31.668° N, 35.221° E

Netophah, Netophathite

• נְטֹפָה·Netophah
• נְטֹפָתִי·Netophathite

1. 2 Samuel 23:28נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
   Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
2. 2 Samuel 23:29נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
   Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites,
3. 2 Kings 25:23נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
   When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
4. 1 Chronicles 2:54נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
   The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
5. 1 Chronicles 9:16נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
   Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
6. 1 Chronicles 11:30נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
   Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,
7. 1 Chronicles 27:13נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
   The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
8. 1 Chronicles 27:15נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
   The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, from the family of Othniel. There were 24,000 men in his division.
9. Ezra 2:22נְטֹפָה · Netophah
   …the men of Netophah, 56;
10. Nehemiah 7:26נְטֹפָה · Netophah
    …the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
11. Nehemiah 12:28נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
    The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites,
12. Jeremiah 40:8נְטֹפָתִי · Netophathite
    …they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.