EPHAI ē’ fī (עֵיפַ֣י, Jer 40:8). He was an inhabitant of Netophah, a city or group of villages near Bethlehem. His sons were among the officers who placed themselves under the authority of Gedaliah, the Babylonian appointed governor of Judah after the Exile. The phrase, “the sons of Ephai,” is left out of the parallel passage in 2 Kings 25:23-25.