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East, Children of the
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
EAST, CHILDREN OF THE . A common designation of the inhabitants of the Syrian desert, who were partly Aramæan and partly Arabian ( Judges 6:3; Judges 8:10 , Ezekiel 25:4; Ezekiel 25:10 , Isaiah 11:14 , Jeremiah 49:28 , Job 1:3 ). Certain of them had obtained great renown for wisdom ( 1 Kings 5:10 ).
J. F. McCurdy.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'East, Children of the'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/e/east-children-of-the.html. 1909.