Naamathites

The Naamathites were the people group to which Zophar, one of Job's three friends, belonged.
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Summary

People from Naamath(?), first mentioned at Job 2:11; only referred to as Naamathites (נַעֲמָתִי).

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Naamathite

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Mentions

  1. 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.
  2. Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
  3. Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
  4. 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 prayer.