Naamah
“Pleasant or lovely”
Summary
Naamah is the name of two women in Scripture: a daughter of Lamech from the line of Cain, and an Ammonitess who was the mother of King Rehoboam.
☩Daughter of Lamech
Naamah was the daughter of Lamech the Cainite by his wife Zillah, and the sister of Tubal-cain, the first worker in brass and iron. She is one of the few women named in the antediluvian genealogies, which has led some to speculate about her significance. The refinement and luxury of Cain's descendants appear in the names of their wives and daughters, such as Naamah ('pleasant'), Adah ('beauty'), and Zillah ('shadow'). Jewish commentators attribute to her the invention of spinning wool and making cloth.
☩Mother of Rehoboam
The second Naamah was an Ammonitess who became one of Solomon's foreign wives and the mother of Rehoboam, who succeeded Solomon as king. She is repeatedly distinguished by the title 'the Ammonitess,' emphasizing her foreign origin. She was among those foreign women whom Solomon took into his household, including daughters of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites, who turned his heart after other gods. According to an addition in the Septuagint, she was 'the daughter of Ana (Hanun) son of Nahash, king of the sons of Ammon.'
Related Verses5 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Naamah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. VI (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Naamah (1)," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. III (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Naamah," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).