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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Online Previous: NAAM Next: NAAMAH (2) NAAMAH (1)na'-a-ma. (na`amah, "pleasant"; Noema): (1) Daughter of Lamech and Zillah, and sister of Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:22; compare Josephus, Ant, I, ii, Genesis 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 the place cited.).
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