•King of the Ammonites who dictated to the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead that cruel alternative of
the loss of their right eyes or slavery which roused the swift wrath of Saul, and caused the
destruction of the Ammonite force. (1 Samuel 11:2-11) (B.C. 1092.) “Nahaph” would seem to
have been the title of the king of the Ammonites rather than the name of an individual. Nahash
the father of Hanun had rendered David some special and valuable service, which David was
anxious for an opportunity of requiting. (2 Samuel 10:2)
•A person mentioned once only— (2 Samuel 17:25)—in stating the parentage of Amasa, the
commander-in-chief of Absalom’s army. Amasa is there said to have been the son of a certain
Ithra by Abigail, “daughter of Nahash and sister to Zeruiah.” (B.C. before 1023.)
Nahath
(rest).
•One of the “dukes” of Edom, eldest son of Reuel the son of Esau. (Genesis 36:13,17; 1 Chronicles
1:37) (B.C. 1700.)
•A Kohathite Levite, son of Zophai. (1 Chronicles 6:26)
•A Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:13) (B.C. 725.)
Nahbi
(hidden), the son of Vophsi, a Naphtalite, and one of the twelve spies. (Numbers 13:14)
Nahor
(snorting), the name of two persons in the family of Abraham.
•His grandfather; the son of Serug and father of Terah. (Genesis 11:22-25) (B.C. 2174.)
•Grandson of the preceding son of Terah and brother of Abraham and Haran. (Genesis 11:26,27)
(B.C. 2000.) The order of the ages of the family of Terah is not improbably inverted in the narrative;
in which case Nahor instead of being younger than Abraham, was really older. He married Milcah,
the daughter of his brother Haran; and when Abraham and Lot migrated to Canaan, Nahor remained
behind in the land of his birth, on the eastern side of the Euphrates.
Nahshon, Or Naashon
(enchanter) son of Amminadab, and prince of the children of Judah (as he is styled in the
genealogy of Judah,) (1 Chronicles 2:10) at the time of the first numbering in the wilderness.
(Exodus 6:23; Numbers 1:7) etc. His sister, Elisheba, was wife to Aaron, and his son, Salmon, was
husband to Rahab after the taking of Jericho. He died in the wilderness, according to (Numbers
26:64,65) (B.C. before 1451.)
Nahum
(consolation). Nahum, called “the Elkoshite,” is the seventh in order of the minor prophets. His
personal history is quite unknown. The site of Elkosh, his native place, is disputed, some placing
it in Galilee, others in Assyria. Those who maintain the latter view assume that the prophet’s parents
were carried into captivity by Tiglath-pileser and that the prophet was born at the village of Alkush,
on the east bank of the Tigris, two miles north of Mosul. On the other hand, the imagery of his
prophecy is such lie would be natural to an inhabitant of Palestine, (Nahum 1:4) to whom the rich
pastures of Bashan the vineyards of Carmel and the blossoms of Lebanon were emblems of all that
was luxuriant and fertile. The language employed in ch. (Nahum 1:15; 2:2) is appropriate to one
who wrote for his countrymen in their native land. (McClintock and Strong come to the conclusion
that Nahum was a native of Galilee that at the captivity of the ten tribes he escaped into Judah, and
prophesied in the reign of Hezekiah, 726-698.—ED.) Prophecy of Nahum .—The date of Nahum
a prophecy can be determined with as little precision as his birthplace. It is, however, certain that
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