the beautiful.
Naaman
(loveliness ).
one of the towns of Judah in the district of the lowland or Shefelah. ( Joshua 15:41 ) Capt. Warren, in Report of Palestine Exploration Fund , 1871, locates it at Naameh , six miles northeast of Yebna.
NAAMAH (1)
na'-a-ma. (na`amah, "pleasant"; Noema):
(1) Daughter of Lamech and Zillah, and sister of Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:22; compare Josephus, Ant, I, ii, 2).
(2) An Ammonitish woman whom Solomon married, and who became the mother of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chronicles 12:13). According to an addition in the Septuagint following 1 Kings 12:24, "her name was Naaman, the daughter of Ana (Hanun) son of Nahash, king of the sons of Ammon" (see Benzinger, Konige, in the place cited.).
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NAAMAH (2)
(1) One of a group of 16 lowland (Shephelah) cities forming part of Judah's inheritance (Joshua 15:41).
(2) The home of Zophar, one of Job's friends (Job 2:11, etc.).
See NAAMATHITE.
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