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Nahash in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(serpent). 1. 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. 1Sa 11:2-11 (B.C. 1092.) "Nahaph" would seem to have been the title of the king of the Ammonites rather t...

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Nadab in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("willing".) 1. Aaron's oldest son by Elisheba (Exodus 6:23; Numbers 3:2). With Aaron and Abihu and 70 elders he had the privilege of nearer access to Jehovah at Sinai than the mass of the people, but not so near as Moses (Exodus 24:1). Struck dead for kindling (probably under intoxication) the incense with "strange fire," not taken from the...

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Naharai in Naves Topical Bible

-Also called NAHARI -One of David's heroes 2Sa 23:37; 1Ch 11:39...

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Nahash in Easton's Bible Dictionary

serpent. (1.) King of the Ammonites in the time of Saul. The inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead having been exposed to great danger from Nahash, sent messengers to Gibeah to inform Saul of their extremity. He promptly responded to the call, and gathering together an army he marched against Nahash. "And it came to pass that they which remained w...

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Nadab in Hitchcock's Bible Names

free and voluntary gift; prince...

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Naharai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(snorter) the armor-bearer of Joab, called NAHARI in the Authorized Version of 2Sa 23:37 He was a native of Beeroth. 1Ch 11:39 (B.C. 1013.)...

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Nagge in Naves Topical Bible

-An ancestor of Jesus Lu 3:25...

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Naharai in Easton's Bible Dictionary

snorer, a Berothite, one of David's heroes, and armour-bearer of Joab (1 Chr. 11:39)....

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Nahash in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("serpent".) 1. King of Ammon. Offered the citizens of Jabesh Gilead a covenant only on condition they should thrust out their right eyes, as a reproach upon all Israel (1 Samuel 11). Saul, enraged at this cruel demand, summoned all Israel, slew, and dispersed the Ammonite host. Among the causes which led Israel to desire a king had been the...

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Nachons Threshing Floor in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Where Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark when the oxen shook it, and God smote him for his rashness, on its way from Kirjath Jearim or Baale (Abinadab's house in Gibeah) to Zion (2 Samuel 6:6). CHIDON in 1 Chronicles 13:9. David therefore named it "Perez Uzzah," the breach of Uzza. Keil derives Nachon from nachah "the stroke," answering to Ch...

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