with his mortal wound, and thus “gave deliverance to Syria.” The expression in (2 Kings 5:1) is
remarkable—“because that by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria.” The most natural
explanation perhaps is that Naaman in delivering his country, had killed one who was the enemy
of Jehovah not less than he was of Syria. Whatever the particular exploit referred to was, it had
given Naaman a great position at the court of Ben-hadad. Naaman was afflicted with a leprosy of
the white kind which had hitherto defied cure. A little Israelitish captive maiden tells him of the
fame and skill of Elisha, and he is cured by him by following his simple directions to bathe in the
Jordan seven times. See (2 Kings 5:14) His first business after his cure is to thank his benefactor
and gratefully acknowledge the power of the God of Israel, and promise “henceforth to offer
neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.” How long Naaman lived
to continue a worshipper of Jehovah while assisting officially at the worship of Rimmon we are
not told; (“but his memory is perpetuated by a leper hospital which occupies the traditional site
of his house in Damascus, on the banks of the Abana.”—Schaff.)
•One of the family of Benjamin who came down to Egypt with Jacob as read in (Genesis 46:21)
He was the son of Bela, and head of the family of the Naamites. (Numbers 26:40; 1 Chronicles
8:3,4) (B.C. 1706.)
Naamathite
the Gentile name of one of Job’s friends, Zophar the Naamathite. (Job 2:11; 11:1; 20:1; 42:9)
There is no other trace of this name in the Bible, and the town whence it is derived is unknown.
(But as Uz was in Arabia, probably the Naamah where he lived was on the Arabian borders of
Syria.)
Naamites, The
the family descended from Naaman, the grandson of Benjamin. (Numbers 28:40) only.
Naarah
(a maiden), the second wife of Ashur; a descendant of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:5,6)
Naarai
(handmaid), one of the valiant men of David’s armies. (1 Chronicles 11:37) In 1 Chron. he is
called the son of Ezbai, but in (2 Samuel 23:35) he appears as “Paarai the Arbite.” Kennicott decides
that the former is correct. (B.C. about 1015.)
Naaran
(juvenile), a city of Ephraim, which in a very ancient record, (1 Chronicles 7:28) is mentioned
as the eastern limit of the tribe. It is very probably identical with Naarath, or more accurately Naarah.
Naarath
(juvenile) (the Hebrew is equivalent to Naarah, which is therefore the real form of the name),
a place named (Joshua 16:7) only as one of the landmarks on the southern boundary of Ephraim.
It appears to have lain between Ataroth and Jericho, in the Jordan valley: Eusebius and Jerome
speak of it as if well known to them—“Naorath, a small village of the Jews, five miles from Jericho.”
Naashon
[Nahshon, Or Naashon]
Naasson
(enchanter), the Greek form of the name Nahshon, Or Naashon. (Matthew 1:4; Luke 3:32) only.
Nabal
(fool) was a sheepmaster on the confines of Judea and the desert, in that part of the country
which bore from its great conqueror the name of Caleb. (1 Samuel 25:3; 30:14) (B.C. about 1055.)
frankie
(Frankie)
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