Netophah was a city or group of villages near the town of
Bethlehem.
Biblical Importance
Netophah is mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:28-29 as a home of some of David's finest men, and is also mentioned in Ezra 2:22 and 1 Chronicles 9:16 as a place to which the returning exiles came.
Although it is certain that the place was near Bethlehem, the modern site cannot be identified. Some scholars have identified it with modern-day
Umm Tuba
Umm Tuba ( ar, أم طوبا) is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem part of Sur Baher; it is northeast of Har Homa and Bethlehem, and southeast of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. It has a population of 4,000. After the 1967 Six-Day War, ...
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Israel Antiquities Authority
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See also
* Bethlehem
* Umm Tuba
Umm Tuba ( ar, أم طوبا) is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem part of Sur Baher; it is northeast of Har Homa and Bethlehem, and southeast of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. It has a population of 4,000. After the 1967 Six-Day War, ...
References
Hebrew Bible cities
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