Verse 28
28. The plain country The ciccar, ( הככר .) The word is always elsewhere applied to the Jordan valley, but the additional phrase round about Jerusalem has led most interpreters to understand here the country immediately around Jerusalem. Keil, however, with good reason, adheres to the established usage of the word.
Villages of Netophathi Towns in the vicinity of Netopha, a village apparently in the neighbourhood of Bethlehem, (comp. Neh 7:26 ; 1 Chronicles 2:54,) but not yet with certainty identified. Some suggest its identity with Beit Nettif, about fifteen miles southwest of Jerusalem.
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