Another of the tribes removed to Samaria (Ezra 4:9), or perhaps the same as the preceding.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Apharsites
Name meaning: Apharsites (from a root meaning) dividing or rending (Hitchcock)
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
the names of certain tribes, colonies from which had been planted in Samaria by the Assyrian leader Asnapper. (Ezra 4:9; 5:6) The first and last are regarded as the same. Whence these tribes came is entirely a matter of conjecture.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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