Netaim (Hastings' Dictionary)

AV of 1 Ch 4> reads, ‘Those that dwelt among plants (RVm plantations) and hedges,’ but RV gives ‘the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah,’ and this is probably the correct tr®™ of mI oy; ay. The taking of oy; as a proper name is supported by the LXX (B ’Afaelu, A Araelu). The site has not been identified, but Netaim, like GEDERAH (wh. see), was probably in the Shephélah of Judah. NETHANEL ()x3n} ‘God has given’; Ναθαναήλ ; ef. the NT name Nathanael).—4.

The ‘ prince’ (xv) of Issachar, Nu 18 25 738-310! 2. One of David’s brothers, 1 Ch 2, 8, One of the priests who blew trumpets when the ark was brought up from the house of Obed-edom, 1Ch 15%. 4. A Levite, father of Shemaiah, 1 Ch 945, 5, One of Obed-edom’s sons, 1 Ch 265. 6, A ‘prince’ (1%) sent by Jehoshaphat to teach in the cities of Judah, 2 Ch 177. 7. A chief of the Levites in the reign of Josiah, 2 Ch 35°. 8. A priest who had married a foreign wife, Ezr 10*=Nathanael of 1 Es 9%, 9.

Representa- tive of the priestly class of Jedaiah, under the high priest Joiakim, Neh 127, 40, A Levite musi- cian who took part in the ceremony of dedicating the walls, Neh 12%, Gray (Heb. Proper Names, p. 210 et passim) considers that the name 5x3n} is probably ‘of late origin,’ and possibly also ‘ of artificial character.’ J. A. SELBIE. NETHANIAH NETHANIAH (273303 ; in Jer 364 405 41°, 1 Ch 25%, 2 Ch 178 sia ‘J” hath given’; οἵ. Nethanel 5x303).—1.

The father of Ishmael the murderer of Gedaliah, 2 K 25-2, Jer 40% 14-15 411. δὲ. 9. om, 15. 18 (LXX Naéavias, but in 2 Καὶ 25% A has Μαθθανία:). 2. An Asaphite, chief of the fifth class of the temple choir, 1 Ch 955. (A in both has Naé@avias, B in first Na@aXlas, in second Na@dv). 3. A Levite who was sent by Jehoshaphat to teach in the cities of Judah, 2 Ch 173 (B Mav@avlas, A Na@avias). 4. The father of Jehudi, Jer 36 [Gr. 43].

B omits τὸν ᾿Ιουδεί, which is read by A between Νηρίου and υἱὸν Ναθανίου.