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(ahr' kite) Canaanite clan listed in the table of nations (Genesis 10:17 ). They apparently centered around Arqa, modern Tell Arqa in Syria 80 miles north of Sidon. Thutmose III of Egypt conquered it. It appears in the Amarna letters. Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria conquered it in 738 B.C. Romans called it Caesarea Libani and noted its Astarte worship.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Arkite'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​a/arkite.html. 1991.
 
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