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Archevites

/AR-kee-vites/

Summary

People removed from Assyria to Samaria, possibly inhabitants of Erech, who joined in opposition to the rebuilding of Jerusalem.

☩Identity

The Archevites are mentioned only in Ezra as among those who joined in a petition to Artaxerxes against the Jews. They were possibly one of the tribes settled by the Assyrians in Samaria after the deportation of the northern kingdom. The name likely means "inhabitants of Erech," an ancient Mesopotamian city.

Key verses:Ezra 4:92 Kings 17:24

Related Verses1 mention

Ezra· 1 verse

4:9

References

  1. 1.Philip Schaff and Johann Herzog (ed.), "Archevites," in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, vol. I (Funk and Wagnalls, 1908–1914).
  2. 2.George Morrish, "Archevites," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
  3. 3.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Archevites," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
  4. 4.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Archevites," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).