Nehemiah 12:28

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

American King James Version (AKJV)

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

American Standard Version (ASV)

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And the sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the daughter-towns of the Netophathites,

Webster's Revision

And the sons of the singers assembled, both out of the plain country around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

World English Bible

The sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

English Revised Version (ERV)

And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;

Barnes's Nehemiah 12:28 Bible Commentary

The plain country round about Jerusalem - Perhaps the valleys of Hinnom and Jehoshaphat, which enclose Jerusalem on three sides, are intended.

The villages of Netophathi - Rather, as in 1 Chronicles 9:16. Netophah lay near Bethlehem 1 Chronicles 2:54, and is perhaps represented by the modern Antubeh.

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