Biblical place

Where was Netophah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Badd Faluh.

First appears in 2 Samuel 23:28 · 4 books · 6 chapters

Overview

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). Modern identification: Khirbet Badd Faluh.

Netophah is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Badd Faluh. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Samuel 23:28 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 8 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 4 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 12 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 12 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 34 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Netophah today

Travel to Netophah, the modern-day Khirbet Badd Faluh.

Netophah is commonly identified with Khirbet Badd Faluh, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Netophah is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Khirbet Badd Faluh

31.668°N · 35.221°E

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