Dehavites
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Easton's 1897
Villagers, one of the Assyrian tribes which Asnapper sent to repopulate Samaria (Ezra 4:9). They were probably a nomad Persian tribe on the east of the Caspian Sea, and near the Sea of Azof.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain
Smith's 1863
mentioned only once in Scripture, (Ezra 4:9) among the colonists planted in Samaria after the completion of the captivity of Israel. They are probably the Dai or Dahi, mentioned by Herodotus (i. 125) among the nomadic tribes of Persia.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain
In Scripture
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Sources
- Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Public domain
- Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain