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Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(sparrow), one of the three friends of Job. (Job 2:11; 11:1; 20:1; 42:9)

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Chirping, one of Job’s friends who came to condole with him in his distress (Job 2:11. The LXX. render here “king of the Mineans” = Ma’in, Maonites, Judg. 10:12, in Southern Arabia). He is called a Naamathite, or an inhabitant of some unknown place called Naamah.

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