Hermonites, the

the family of Becher, son of Ephraim. (Numbers 26:35)

[Bahurim]

[Bahurim]

(Numbers 26:38) [Bela, 3]

A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situated in the north of Palestine. (2 Samuel 20:14)

(1 Chronicles 11:39) [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan]

The descendants of Dan and the members of his tribe. (Judges 13:2; 18:1,11; 1 Chronicles 12:35)

(Numbers 26:26) [Elon, 2]

(Numbers 26:36)

(Joshua 13:3) [Ashkelon, Askelon]

with the Zareathites, were among the families of Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:53)

According to the statement of (2 Samuel 23:8) Adino the Eznite was another name for Jashobeam, a Tachmonite. (1 Chronicles 11:11) (Probably the words are a corruption for the Hebrew “he lifted up his spear.”—Fausset.)

the descendants of Gad, and members of his tribe.

Keilah the Garmite, i.e. the descendant of Gerem, is mentioned in the obscure genealogical lists of the families of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:19)

(Joshua 13:3) the inhabitants of Gaza.

Inhabitants of Gaza. (Judges 16:2)

the native of some place named Geder or Gederah. (1 Chronicles 27:28)

the family descended from Gershon or Gershom, the son of Levi. “THE GERSH0NITE,” as applied to individuals, occurs in (1 Chronicles 26:21) The sons of Gershon (the Gershonites) had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle—the coverings, curtains, hangings and cords. (Numbers 3:25,26; 4:25,26)

the people of Gibeon, and perhaps also of the three cities associated with Gibeon, (Joshua 9:17)—Hivites; and who, on the discover of the stratagem by which they had obtained the protection of the Israelites, were condemned to be perpetual bondmen, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the house of God and altar of Jehovah. (Joshua 9:23,27) Saul appears to have broken this covenant, and in a fit of enthusiasm or patriotism to have killed some and devised a general massacre of the rest. (2 Samuel 21:1,2,5) This was expiated many years after by giving up seven men of Saul’s descendants to the Gibeonites, who hung them or crucified them “before Jehovah”—as a kind of sacrifice— in Gibeah, Saul’s own town. ch. (2 Samuel 21:4,6,9)

[Gebal]

(Numbers 26:29; Judges 10:3; 12:4,5), a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead.

native of Giloh. (2 Samuel 15:12; 23:34)

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(inhabitant of Gizoh). “The sons of Hashem the Gizonite “are named amongst the warriors of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:34) Kennicott concludes that the name should be Gouni.

the descendants of Guni, son of Naphtali. (Numbers 26:48)

Jaziz the Hagerite, i.e. the descendant of Hagar, had the charge of David’s sheep. (1 Chronicles 27:31)

a Gadite family sprung from Haggi. (Numbers 26:15)

one of the families descended from Canaan, named last in the list. (Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16)

the family of the preceding. (Numbers 26:21)

A family of Kohathite Levites, descendants of Hebron the son of Kohath. (Numbers 3:27; 26:58; 1 Chronicles 26:23)

the family of Hepher the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)

Properly “the Hermons,” with reference to the three summits of Mount Hermon. (Psalms 42:6) (Psal 42:7).

descendants of Hupham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (Numbers 26:39)

descendants of the preceding. (Numbers 26:44)

and Ken’ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai, east of the Gulf of Akabah. They were a branch of the larger nation of Midian,—from the fact that Jethro, who in Exodus (see (Exodus 2:15,16; 4:19) etc.) is represented as dwelling in the land of Midian, and as priest or prince of that nation, is in (Judges 1:16; 4:11) as distinctly said to have been a Kenite. The important services rendered by the sheikh of the Kenites to Moses during a time of great pressure and difficulty were rewarded by the latter with a promise of firm friendship between the two peoples. They seem to have accompanied the Hebrews during their wanderings, (Numbers 24:21,22; Judges 1:16) comp. 2Chr 28:15 But, the wanderings of Israel over, they forsook the neighborhood of the towns and betook themselves to freer air,—to “the wilderness of Judah, which is to the south of Arad.” (Judges 1:16) But one of the sheikhs of the tribe, Heber by name, had wandered north instead of south. (Judges 4:11) The most remarkable development of this people is to be found in the sect or family of the Rechabites.

the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. (Numbers 26:29)

the designation of Eliel, one of the warriors of King David’s guard, whose name is preserved in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:46) only.

that is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh. (4:43; Judges 12:4; 2 Kings 10:33)

a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12) elsewhere in the Authorized Version called Mehunim.

that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. (1 Chronicles 11:36) In the parallel list of (2 Samuel 23:1)... the name appears, with other variations, as “the Maachathite.” ver. (2 Samuel 23:34)

Darius, “the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,” (Daniel 9:1) or “the Mede,” ch. (Daniel 11:1) is thus denoted in (Daniel 5:31)

a word occurring once only— (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place celled Meholah.

that is, the native of the place called probably Meronoth, of which, however, no further traces have yet been discovered. The Meronothites are named in the Bible—

Jehdeiah, (1 Chronicles 27:30)

Jadon, (Nehemiah 3:7)

a title attached to the name of Jasiel. (1 Chronicles 11:47) It is impossible to pronounce with any certainty to what it refers.

the fourth of the four “families of Kirjath-jearim,” i.e. colonies proceeding therefrom and founding towns. (1 Chronicles 2:53)

the designation of Joshaphat, one of David’s guard in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:43)

that is, the native of a place named Moresheth. It occurs twice— (Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1)—each time as the description of the prophet Micah.

the family descended from Naaman, the grandson of Benjamin. (Numbers 28:40) only.

Two of David’s men, Helez and Ahijah, are called Pelonites. (1 Chronicles 11:27,36) (B.C. about 1015.) From (1 Chronicles 27:10) it appears that the former was of the tribe of Ephraim, and “Pelonite” would therefore be an appellation derived from his place of birth or residence. “Ahijah the Pelonite” appears in (2 Samuel 23:34) as “Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,” of which the former is a corruption.

and Per’izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before and at the time of its conquest by Israel. (B.C. 1450.) They are continually mentioned in the formula so frequently occurring to express the promised land. (Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8,17; 23:23; 33:2; 34:11) The notice in the book of Judges locates them in the southern part of the holy land. The signification of the name is not by any means clear. It possibly meant rustics, dwellers in open, unwalled villages, which are denoted by a similar word.

Helez “the Paltite” is named in (2 Samuel 23:26) among David’s mighty men. (B.C. 1015.)

According to (1 Chronicles 2:53) the “Puhites” or “Puthites” belonged to the families of Kirjath-jearim.

the descendants of Pua, or Puvah, the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)

descendants of Sered the son of Zebulun. (Numbers 26:26) (In the Revised Version of (Revelation 4:3) for sardine stone. The name is derived from Sardis, where the stone was first found.)

Eliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David’s thirty seven heroes. (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33) He was a native of a place named Shaalbon, but where it was is unknown. (B.C. 1048.)

the family of Shechem son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:31) comp. Josh 17:2

the descendants of Shelah. 1. (Numbers 26:20)

the descendants of Shemida the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)

[Shillem]

are mentioned among the descendants of Judah dwelling in Jerusalem at a date difficult to (1 Chronicles 8:5) They are doubtless the members of the house of Shelah, who in the Pentateuch are more accurately designated Shelanites.

the descendants of Shimei the son of Gershon. (Numbers 3:21)

[Shimron]

[Shuham]

one of the four families who sprang from Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:53)

the descendants of Shuni.

the descendants of Shupham or Shephupham, the Benjamite. (Numbers 26:3)

[Shuthelah]

(Acts 27:17) in the Revised Version in place of “quicksands” in the Authorized Version. It was the well-known Syrtis Major, the terror of all Mediterranean sailors. “It is a dangerous shallow on the coast of Africa, between Tripoli and Barca, southwest of the island of Crete.” The other Syrtis Syrtis Minor, was too far west to be feared by Paul’s fellow voyagers.—ED.

(Numbers 26:35) [Tahan]

A race of Assyrian colonists who were planted int he cites of Samaria after the captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel. (Ezra 4:9) They have not been identified with any certainty.

Ira ben-Ikkesh, one of David’s warriors, is thus designated. (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27:8) The common people among the Tekoites displayed great activity in the repairs of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:6,27)

This word, Asuppe, appears to be inaccurately rendered in (Nehemiah 12:25) though its real force has perhaps not yet been discovered. The “house of Asuppim,” or simply “the Asuppim,” is mentioned in (1 Chronicles 26:15,17) as a part, probably a gate of the enclosure of the “house of Jehovah,” apparently at its southwest corner. The allusion in (Nehemiah 12:29) is undoubtedly to the same place. [Gate]

one of the three families of scribes residing at Jabez, (1 Chronicles 2:55) the others being the Shimeathites and Sucathites. The passage is hopelessly obscure.

the designation of Joha, one of the heroes of David’s army. (1 Chronicles 11:45) It occurs nowhere else, and nothing is known of the place or family which it denotes.

the descendants of Uzziel, and one of the four great families of the Kohathites. (Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26:23)

the Latin version of the Bible. The influence which it exercised upon western Christianity is scarcely less than that of the LXX. upon the Greek churches. Both the Greek and the latin Vulgate have been long neglected; yet the Vulgate should have a very deep interest for all the western churches, many centuries it was the only Bible generally used; and, directly or indirectly is the real parent of all the vernacular versions of western Europe. The Gothic version of Ulphilas alone is independent of it. The name is equivalent to Vulgata editio (the current text of Holy Scripture. This translation was made by Jerome-Eusebius Hieronymus—who way born in 329 A.D. at Stridon in Dalmatia, and died at Bethlehem in 420 A.D. This great scholar probably alone for 1500 years possessed the qualifications necessary for producing an original version of the Scriptures for the use of the Latin churches. Going to Rome, he was requested by Pope Damascus, A.D. 383, to make a revision of the old Latin version of the New Testament, whose history is lost in obscurity. In middle life Jerome began the study of the Hebrew, and made a new version of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew which was completed A.D. 404. The critical labors of Jerome were received with a loud outcry of reproach. He was accused of disturbing the repose of the Church and shaking the foundations of faith. But clamor based upon ignorance soon dies away; and the New translation gradually came into use equally with the Old, and at length supplanted it. The vast power which the Vulgate has had in determining the theological terms of western Christendom can hardly be overrated. By far the greater part of the current doctrinal terminology is based on the Vulgate. Predestination, justification, supererogation (supererogo), sanctification, salvation, mediation, regeneration, revelation, visitation (met.) propitiation, first appear in the Old Vulgate. Grace, redemption, election, reconciliation, satisfaction, inspiration, scripture, were devoted there to a new and holy use. Sacrament and communion are from the same source; and though baptism is Greek, it comes to us from the Latin. It would be easy to extend the list by the addition of orders, penance, congregation, priest; but it can be seen from the forms already brought forward that the Vulgate has brought forward that the Vulgate has left its mark both upon our language and upon our thoughts. It was the version which alone they knew who handed down to the reformers the rich stores of medieval wisdom; the version with which the greatest of the reformers were most familiar, and from which they had drawn their earliest knowledge of divine truth.

the inhabitants of Zareah or Zorah. (1 Chronicles 2:53)

a branch of the tribe of Judah, descended from Zerah the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:13,20; Joshua 7:17; 1 Chronicles 27:11,15)

the members of the tribe of Zebulun. (Numbers 26:27) only.

the inhabitants of Ziph, 2. In this form the name is found in the Authorized Version only in the title of (Psalms 54:1) In the narrative it occurs in the more usual form of ZIPHITES. (1 Samuel 23:19; 26:1)

i.e. the people of Zorah, mentioned in (1 Chronicles 4:2) as descended from Shobal.

are named in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 2:54) apparently among the descendants of Salma and near connections of Joab.

An ancient people who, lying in the path of Chedorlaomer and his allies, were attacked and overthrown by them. (Genesis 14:5) The Zuzim perhaps inhabited the country of the Ammonites, who were identical with the Zamzummim, who are known to have ben exterminated and succeeded in their land by the Ammonites [Zamzummim].