(Sons of Israel who did things secretly which were not right against the L**D their G-d) and are also mentioned in 2 Kings 18. The singular form is '''Notzri'''. They call themselves '''Nāṣorāyi'''. Pliny the Elder calling them '''Nazerini''' indicates<ref>Pliny the Elder, ''Natural Histories'' Book V, recopying reports drafted by Marcus Agrippa on the orders of Emperor Octavian Augustus Caesar.</ref> that they lived not far from Apamea, in Syria in a city called Bambyx, Hierapolis or Mabog. Epiphanius called them '''Nasaraeans''' in Panarion 1:18.
From a variety of Judaic sources it can be gathered that Notzrim were Israelite Royalists who venerated Sunday, practiced poligamy and whose politics caused much strife in Israel. The Sanhedrin decided that it would be best if the Ishmaelim were organized in such a way as to attract make the Notzrim jealous and attract them away from Israel's Qehal and subsume them to be subsumed into the Torah for Amim insteadof disregarding the Torah for the Qehal.
Not much is known about the Notzrim before the 1st century BCE when [[Pliny the Elder]] mentioned a people called the "''Nazerini''" in his ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Historia Naturalis]]'' (Book V,22).<ref>Plinii naturalis historia: Libri I-VII ed. Francesco Della Corte - 1984 "Nunc interiora dicantur. Coele habet Apameam Marsya amne divisam a Nazerinorum tetrarchia, Bambycen quae alio nomine ... In Cele si trova Apamea, divisa dalla tetrarchia dei Nazerini dal fiume Marsia, Bambice, che con altro nome..."</ref>