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Harsha
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Heb. Charsha', חִרְשָׁא, a Chaldaizing form, ,worker or enchanter; Sept. Ἀρσά and Ἀδασάν), one of "the Nethinim whose descendants (or rather, perhaps, a place whose inhabitants) returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54). B. C. ante 536. Schwarz (Palest. p. 116) thinks it may be identical with the ruins called by the Arabs Charsha (on Zimmerman's map, Khuras), situated south of wady Sur, about half-way between Beit-Jibrin (Eleutheropolis) on the W., — and Jedur (Gedor) on the E.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Harsha'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/harsha.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Harsha'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​h/harsha.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.