Naamah
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Other places named Naamah: Naamah (Joshua 15).
| Type | mountain and region and settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Naamathite |
| Most likely | another name for Sheba (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 15.348° N, 44.206° E |
| Mentioned in | 4 verses |
| First mention | Job 2:11 |
Naamah is a mountain and region and settlement named in 4 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Sheba (low confidence; 2 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Sheba | low (25%) | 15.348° N, 44.206° E |
| Jebel el Na‘ameh | low (22%) | 27.883° N, 36.898° E |
| in Edom | very low (6%) | 30.746° N, 35.604° E |
Verses
Job
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
- Job 11:1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
- Job 20:1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
- Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.