Rimmon

Palestinian peoples in the Old Testament are called Rimmon,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Adad, and Dadu are derived from the West Semitic Hadad, but the other name, Rammanu, is native Babylonian, and cognate with Rimmon, which is thus shown by the Babylonian form to mean "the thunderer," or something similar.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Theophilus Goldridge Pinches 1895

These had seated themselves on a certain rock called Rimmon, which was in the wilderness.

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

Mr. Royle (Kitto's Cyc., art "Rimmon") states that this tree is a native of Asia and is to be traced from Syria through Persia, even to the mountains of northern India.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

The word 'Rimmon' has by no means been understood by the different commentators; and yet by recurring to the Irish (a branch of the

Moon Lore Timothy Harley

Afterwards, Naaman begs forgiveness for future sins to be committed against the God who cured him of his leprosy - the God of Elisha: 2 Kings 5:18: "However, may the Lord pardon me this one thing - when my maste the king goes into the temple of the god Rimmon to worship there and leans on my arm, may the Lord pardon me when I bow too."

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Rimmon, "pomegranate," was a biblical name of the Goddess's genital shrine 2 Kings 5:18 from rim, "to give birth."

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The prophet, she thought, permitted Naaman the Syrian to bow even in the house of Rimmon.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

Here Naaman believed in his heart; but by bowing before the idol Rimmon, he denied the true God in effect as much as if he had done it with his lips.

Leviathan 2007

Naaman was allowed to bow himself in the house of Rimmon?

Westward Ho! 2007