Naaman
Naaman (נַעֲמָן "pleasantness") was a commander of the armies of
Ben-Hadad II in the time of Joram, king of Israel. He is
mentioned in 2 Kings 5 of the Tanakh. According to the
narrative, he was afflicted with tzaraath.[1] When the Hebrew
slave-girl who waited on his wife told her of a prophet in
Samaria who could cure her master, he obtained ...
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And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now
when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have [therewith]
sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him
of his leprosy....
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And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given
to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant
will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice
unto other gods, but unto the LORD....
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Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a
great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the
LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty
man in valour, [but he was] a leper....
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na'-a-man (na`aman, "pleasantness"; Septuagint: Codices
Vaticanus and Alexandrinus Naiman; so Westcott and Hort, The
New Testament in Greek in the New Testament; Textus Receptus
of the New Testament, Neeman) :
(1) A successful Syrian general, high in the confidence and
esteem of the king of Syria, and honored by his fellow-
countrymen as their ...
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-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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(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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pleasantness, a Syrian, the commander of the armies of
Benhadad
II. in the time of Joram, king of Israel. He was
afflicted with
leprosy; and when the little Hebrew slave-girl that
waited on
his wife told her of a prophet in Samaria who could
cure her
master, he obtained a letter from Benhadad and
proceeded with it
to Joram. The king of Is...
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1. A son, i.e. grandson, of Benjamin (Genesis 46:21; Numbers
26:40; 1 Chronicles 8:4); reckoned in the Genesis genealogy
as a "son" because he became head of a distinct family, the
Naamites. Came down to Egypt with Jacob.
2. Naaman the Syrian (2 Kings 5). Identified by
Jewish tradition (Josephus, Ant. 8:15, section 5) with the
archer (1 King...
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