Flat-nosed. (1.) The head of the second course of priests (1 Chr. 24:8). (2.) Ezra 2:32, 39; Neh. 7:35, 42. (3.) Neh. 3:11. (4.) 12:3. (5.) 10:5
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Harim
Name meaning: destroyed; dedicated to God (Hitchcock)
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(flat-nosed).
A priest who had charge of the third division in the house of God. (1 Chronicles 24:8) (B.C. 1014.)
Bene-Harim, probably descendants of the above, to the number of 1017, came from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:39; Nehemiah 7:42) (B.C. 536.)
It further occurs in a list of the families of priests “who went up with Zerubbabel and Jeshua,” and of those who were their descendants in the next generation. (Nehemiah 12:16)
Another family of Bene-Harim, 320 in number, came from the captivity in the same caravan. (Ezra 2:82; Nehemiah 7:35) (B.C. 536.) They also appear among those who had married foreign wives, (Ezra 10:31) as well as those who sealed the covenant- (Nehemiah 10:27) (B.C. 410.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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