When Scripture Names With Honor and When It Names With Scorn

Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said: There are names that Scripture mentions and lets rest [with honor], and names that Scripture mentions and treats with scorn. It mentions and lets rest: "See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri." It mentions and treats with scorn: "Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerach" (Joshua 7:1). It mentions and lets rest: "And there was a certain man of Ramatayim" (the father of Samuel). It mentions and treats with scorn: "And there was a certain man from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Micah" (Judges 17:1). It mentions and lets rest: "Number the sons of Levi" (Numbers 3:15). It mentions and treats with scorn: "Remember what Amalek did to you" (Deuteronomy 25:17). It mentions and lets rest: "And David was the son of that Ephrathite man." It mentions and treats with scorn: "And Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephrathite" (I Kings 11:26). It mentions and lets rest: "There was a certain Jewish man in Shushan the capital" (Mordecai). It mentions and treats with scorn: "A foe and an enemy" (Esther 7:6, of Haman). It mentions and lets rest: "For Mordecai the Jew" (Esther 10:3). It mentions and treats with scorn: "For Haman son of Hammedatha." It mentions and lets rest: "And with him was Oholiav son of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan" (Exodus 38:23). It mentions and treats with scorn: "And his mother's name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan" (Leviticus 24:11).