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Naamah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
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 (1 Kings 14:21, 31). (3.) A city in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:41), supposed by some to be identified with Na’aneh, some 5 miles south-east of Makkedah.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
one of the towns of Judah in the district of the lowland or Shefelah. (Joshua 15:41) Capt. Warren, in Report of Palestine Exploration Fund, 1871, locates it at Naameh, six miles northeast of Yebna. (loveliness).
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
NA'AMAH (pleasing). Daughter of Tubal-cain and Zillah, Gen 4:22, and one of the few women mentioned by name before the Flood. An Ammonitess, the mother of Rehoboam, and one of Solomon's wives. 1 Kgs 14:21.
NA'AMAH (pleasing), a city in the plain of Judah, Josh 15:41, which Conder locates at Na'aneh, 5 miles southeast of el-Mughar (Makkedah).
Scripture references
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
Naaman, beautiful; agreeable
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
NA'AMAH (pleasing), a city in the plain of Judah, Josh 15:41, which Conder locates at Na'aneh, 5 miles southeast of el-Mughar (Makkedah).