Casiphia. Not identified. Probably near Babylon.
Nethinims. These were the ministers of the Levites. Originally Gibeonites. See note on Ezra 2:43.
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Ezra 8:17
17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I toldc them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.