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Rimmon or Rimon ( Hebrew: רִמּוֹן, romanized: Rīmmōn) is a Hebrew word meaning ' pomegranate'. It appears as a name in the Hebrew Bible where, when translated to Greek, it takes the form Remmon Ρεμμων, Remmōn).
Rimmon may refer to:
Rimon is mentioned as a man of Beeroth of the tribe of Benjamin, whose two sons, Baanah and Rechab, were captains of the army of Ish-bosheth, son of King Saul. [2]
Rimmon was a Syrian deity mentioned only in the Second Book of Kings ( 2 Kings 5:18), to whom a temple was dedicated. In Syria, this deity was known as Baal ("the Lord" par excellence), and in Assyria as Ramanu ("the Thunderer").
According to the biblical narrative, the Aramean commander Naaman, having been healed of his leprosy by the Israelite prophet Elisha, requested pardon from God for continuing to minister to the King of Syria who would continue to worship in the Temple of Rimmon. Elisha granted him this pardon. [3]
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Rimmon or Rimon ( Hebrew: רִמּוֹן, romanized: Rīmmōn) is a Hebrew word meaning ' pomegranate'. It appears as a name in the Hebrew Bible where, when translated to Greek, it takes the form Remmon Ρεμμων, Remmōn).
Rimmon may refer to:
Rimon is mentioned as a man of Beeroth of the tribe of Benjamin, whose two sons, Baanah and Rechab, were captains of the army of Ish-bosheth, son of King Saul. [2]
Rimmon was a Syrian deity mentioned only in the Second Book of Kings ( 2 Kings 5:18), to whom a temple was dedicated. In Syria, this deity was known as Baal ("the Lord" par excellence), and in Assyria as Ramanu ("the Thunderer").
According to the biblical narrative, the Aramean commander Naaman, having been healed of his leprosy by the Israelite prophet Elisha, requested pardon from God for continuing to minister to the King of Syria who would continue to worship in the Temple of Rimmon. Elisha granted him this pardon. [3]