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Naamah the Amonite
(990 BC - )
Naamah Naaman, beautiful; agreeable
Smith's Bible Dictionary Naamah (loveliness). 1.One of the four women whose names are preserved in the records of the world before the flood; all except Eve being Cainites. Site was daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah, and sister, as is expressly mentioned to Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:22) only. (B.C. about 3550.) 2.Mother of King Rehoboam. (1 Kings 14:21,31; 2 Chronicles 12:13) In each of these passages she is distinguished by the title "the (not an,? as in Authorized Version) Ammonite." She was therefore one of the foreign women whom Solomon took into his establishment. (1 Kings 11:1) (B.C. 1015-975.)
Easton's Bible Dictionary The beautiful. The daughter of Lamech and Zillah (Genesis 4:22).
(2.) The daughter of the king of Ammon, one of the wives of Solomon, the only one who appears to have borne him a son, viz., Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21, 31).
(3.) A city in the plain of Judah (Joshua 15:41), supposed by some to be identified with Na'aneh, some 5 miles south-east of Makkedah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia NAAMAH (1) na'-a-ma. (naamah, "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.).
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.).
Smith's Bible Dictionary Naamah (loveliness). 1.One of the four women whose names are preserved in the records of the world before the flood; all except Eve being Cainites. Site was daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah, and sister, as is expressly mentioned to Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:22) only. (B.C. about 3550.) 2.Mother of King Rehoboam. (1 Kings 14:21,31; 2 Chronicles 12:13) In each of these passages she is distinguished by the title "the (not an,? as in Authorized Version) Ammonite." She was therefore one of the foreign women whom Solomon took into his establishment. (1 Kings 11:1) (B.C. 1015-975.)
Easton's Bible Dictionary The beautiful. The daughter of Lamech and Zillah (Genesis 4:22).
(2.) The daughter of the king of Ammon, one of the wives of Solomon, the only one who appears to have borne him a son, viz., Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21, 31).
(3.) A city in the plain of Judah (Joshua 15:41), supposed by some to be identified with Na'aneh, some 5 miles south-east of Makkedah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia NAAMAH (1) na'-a-ma. (naamah, "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.).
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.).
Events
| Birth | 990 BC |
Families
| Spouse | King Solomon King of Israel (-1024 - ) |
| Child | Basemath ( - ) |
| Child | Rehoboam King of Judah ( - ) |
| Father | Hanun / Zelek King of Amon ( - ) |