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Hararite, the

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(Heb. always [except in 2 Samuel 23:11] with the art. ha-Harari, הִהֲרָרַי ), a distinctive epithet of three members of David's body-guard; probably as natives of the mountains (הִר, plur. constr. חֲרָרֵי ) of Judah or Ephraim; but according to Furst from some town of the name of Har (הִר ). (See DAVID).

1. "SHAMMAH [q.v.], the son of Agee"(2 Samuel 23:11 [Sept. οΑ῾᾿ ραρί v.r. Ἀρουχῖος,Vulg. de Arari, A.V. "the Hararite"], 33 [οΑ῾᾿ρωρίτης v.r. Ἀρωδίτης, Arorites], which latter verse shows that it was a designation of the son and not of the father), a different person from "Shammoth the Harorite"[q.v. (1 Chronicles 11:27), or "Shammah the Harodite"[q.v.] (2 Samuel 23:25). (See AGEE).

2. "JONATHAN [q.v.], the son of Shage"(1 Chronicles 11:34, Sept. οΑ῾᾿ραοί,Vulg. Ararites), mentioned in the parallel passage (2 Samuel 23:32) without any such distinction. (See SHAGE).

3. "AHIAM [q.v.], the son of Sacar"(1 Chronicles 11:35, Sept. οΑ῾᾿ραρί v.r. Ἀχάρ,Vulg. Ararites), or, in the parallel passage (2 Samuel 23:33),less accurately, "Ahiam, [the] son of Sharar [q.v.] the Ararite'"(Heb. with the art. ha-Arari', הָאֲרָרַי, Sept. οΑ῾᾿ραδίτης lT. r. Ἀραϊ v, etc., Vulg. Arorites, A.V. "the Hararite"). (See SACAR).

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hararite, the'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/hararite-the.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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