Naamah

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The beautiful.

(1.) The daughter of Lamech and Zillah (Gen_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 (1Ki_14:21, 1Ki_14:31).

(3.) A city in the plain of Judah (Jos_15:41), supposed by some to be identified with Na'aneh, some 5 miles south-east of Makkedah.

Naamah (1)

nā´-a-ma. (נעמה, na‛ămāh, “pleasant” or "the beautiful"; Νοεμά, Noemá):

(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 loc.).

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.