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Apharsites

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Easton's 1897ISBE 19151 verse reference

Easton's 1897

Another of the tribes removed to Samaria (Ezra 4:9), or perhaps the same as the preceding.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

ISBE 1915

a-far'-sits ('apharcaye'): A tribe transferred to Samaria by Asnappar of Assyria (Ezr 4:9). Rawlinson identifies them with the APHARSACHITES (which see), taking Apharsites to be an accidental repetition of the same word. He understands "the Persians" to be meant in both cases. Others identify them with a Median tribe mentioned in the inscriptions of Sennacherib as dwellers in the district of Parsua.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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