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Harim

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Ha'rim. (flat-nosed).

1. A priest, who had charge of the third division in the house of God. 1 Chronicles 24:8. (B.C. 1014).

2. Bene-Harim, (that is, sons of 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).

3. 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.

4. Another family of Bene-Harim, (that is, sons of 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).

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Harim'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​h/harim.html. 1901.
 
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