Distillation; dropping, a town in Judah, in the neighbourhood, probably, of Bethlehem ( Nehemiah 7:26 ; 1 Chronicles 2:54 ). Two of David's guards were Netophathites ( 1 Chronicles 27:13,15 ). It has been identified with the ruins of Metoba, or Um Toba, to the north-east of Bethlehem.
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)