scattered, so that two of them [the Ammonites] were not left together” (1
Samuel 11:1-11).
(2.) Another king of the Ammonites of the same name is mentioned, who
showed kindness to David during his wanderings (2 Samuel 10:2). On his
death David sent an embassy of sympathy to Hanun, his son and
successor, at Rabbah Ammon, his capital. The grievous insult which was
put upon these ambassadors led to a war against the Ammonites, who,
with their allies the Syrians, were completely routed in a battle fought at
“the entering in of the gate,” probably of Medeba (2 Samuel 10:6-14).
Again Hadarezer rallied the Syrian host, which was totally destroyed by
the Israelite army under Joab in a decisive battle fought at Helam (2 Samuel
10:17), near to Hamath (1 Chronicles 18:3). “So the Syrians feared to help
the children of Ammon any more” (2 Samuel 10:19).
(3.) The father of Amasa, who was commander-in-chief of Abasolom’s
army (2 Samuel 17:25). Jesse’s wife had apparently been first married to
this man, to whom she bore Abigail and Zeruiah, who were thus David’s
sisters, but only on the mother’s side (1 Chronicles 2:16).
- NAHATH rest. (1.) One of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau
(Genesis 36:13, 17). (2.) A Kohathite Levite (1 Chronicles 6:26). (3.) A
Levite, one of the overseers of the sacred offerings of the temple (2
Chronicles 31:13). - NAHBI hidden, one of the twelve spies sent out to explore the land of
Canaan (Numbers 13:14). - NAHOR snorting. (1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of
Abraham (Genesis 11:22-25; Luke 3:34).
(2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Genesis 11:26, 27;
Joshua 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran,
and remained in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates
at Haran (Genesis 11:27-32). A correspondence was maintained between
the family of Abraham in Canaan and the relatives in the old ancestral
home at Haran till the time of Jacob. When Jacob fled from Haran all
intercourse between the two branches of the family came to an end
(Genesis 31:55). His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac’s wife (24:67).
- NAHSHON sorcerer, the son of Aminadab, and prince of the children of
Judah at the time of the first numbering of the tribes in the wilderness