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Naarai in Easton's Bible Dictionary

youthful, a military chief in David's army (1 Chr. 11:37), called also Paarai (2 Sam. 23:35)....

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Naboth in Naves Topical Bible

-(A Jezreelite) -His vineyard forcibly taken by Ahab; stoned at the instigation of Jezebel 1Ki 21:1-19 -His murder avenged 2Ki 9:21-36...

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Naaman in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Benjamin Ge 46:21 -2. Son of Bela Nu 26:40; 1Ch 8:4 -3. Son of Ehud 1Ch 8:7 -4. A Syrian general, healed of leprosy by Elisha 2Ki 5:1-23; Lu 4:27...

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Nabal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Of Maon. (See MAON.); 1 Samuel 25, compare 1 Samuel 23:25. (See DAVID.) A sheepmaster on the border of Judah which took its name from the great "Caleb" (3) (1 Samuel 30:14), next the wilderness. His history, as also that of Boaz, Barzillai, Naboth, is a sample of a Jew's private life (1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Samuel 25:4; 1 Samuel 25:36)....

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Naboth in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(fruits), the victim of Ahab and Jezebel, was the owner of a small vineyard at Jezreel, close to the royal palace of Shab. 1Ki 21:1,2 (B.C. 897.) It thus became an object of desire to the king, who offered an equivalent in money or another vineyard. In exchange for this Naboth, in the independent spirit of a Jewish landholder, refused: "The L...

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Naaman in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(pleasantness). 1. "Naaman the Syrian." Lu 4:27 Naaman was commander-in-chief of the army of Syria, and was nearest to the person of the king, Ben-hadad II., whom he accompanied officially and supported when he went to worship in the temple of Rimmon, 2Ki 5:18 at Damascus, the capital. (B.C. 885.) A Jewish tradition at least as old as the tim...

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Nabal in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

na'-bal (nabhal, "foolish" or "wicked"; Nabal): A wealthy man of Maon in the highlands of Judah, not far from Hebron, owner of many sheep and goats which he pastured around Carmel in the same district. He was a churlish and wicked man (1 Sam 25:2 ff). When David was a fugitive from Saul, he and his followers sought refuge in the wilderness of ...

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Naboth in Easton's Bible Dictionary

fruits, "the Jezreelite," was the owner of a portion of ground on the eastern slope of the hill of Jezreel (2 Kings 9:25, 26). This small "plat of ground" seems to have been all he possessed. It was a vineyard, and lay "hard by the palace of Ahab" (1 Kings 21:1, 2), who greatly coveted it. Naboth, however, refused on any terms to part wit...

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Naam in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Caleb 1Ch 4:15...

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Naam in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(pleasantness), one of the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 1Ch 4:15 (B.C. about 1451-1420.)...

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