Archevite
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Archevite (Aramaic ארכוי) in the Old Testament was one of the nations planted by the Assyrians in Samaria (Ezra 4:9). The Aramaic expression is also sometimes translated as people . . . from Uruk,[1] people of Erech,[2] Erechites,[3] and so on.
Sir Isaac Newton wrote in The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms that he believed Archevite was located in "the south and south-east side of Assyrian Empire" and were "transplanted by Esarhaddon to Samaria".[4]
Jonathan Edwards thought that the Archevites referred to the men of Erech, which is thought to be modern day Uruk, removed from there and brought to Samaria.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ezra 4:9, New International Version
- ^ Ezra 4:9, New Living Translation. English Standard Version and New American Standard Version read "men of Erech."
- ^ Ezra 4:9, New English Translation
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