Tahath
Every entry below is printed as its editors wrote it, with the edition named.
Smith's 1863
the name of a desert station of the Israelites between Makheloth and Tarah. (Numbers 33:26) The site has not been identified.
(station).
1. A Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Samuel and Heman. (1 Chronicles 6:22,37; 9:22) (B.C. about 1415.)
2. According to the present text, son of Bered, and great-grandson of Ephraim. (1 Chronicles 7:20) Burrington, however, identifies Tahath with Tahan, the son of Ephraim.
3. Grandson of the preceding, as the text now stands. (1 Chronicles 7:20) But Burrington considers him as a son of Ephraim.
ISBE 1915
Tahath (1)
ta'-hath (tachath, "below"): A wilderness station of the Israelites (Nu 33:26,27), between Makheloth and Terah.
See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL.
Tahath (2)
(1) A Kohathite Levite (1Ch 6:24).
(2) The name is mentioned twice among the sons of Ephraim (1Ch 7:20); two families may be meant, or perhaps the name has been accidentally repeated.
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Sources
- Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain