Bible Strands
Ezra 2:22
the men of Netophah, 56;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezra’s census list of returning exiles records the numbered residents of Judean towns who crossed back from Babylon to Judah.
The words — נְטֹפָה (Netophah) identifies the specific town, and חֲמִשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ (chamishim washesh) literally renders fifty and six.
The thread — The town appears in 2 Samuel 23:28 with a named warrior, 1 Chronicles 2:54 alongside Bethlehem in tribal genealogies, and Nehemiah 7:26 where the combined count for Bethlehem and Netophah reaches 188.
Why it lands — The verse documents a precise local contribution to the post-exilic community, requiring readers to account for the specific, numbered families that formed the foundation of the restored Judah.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
- 1 Chronicles 2:54 The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
- Nehemiah 7:26 the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
- Jeremiah 40:8 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.