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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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ARCHEVITES . ‘The people of Erech’ (wh. see). Some of the inhabitants of Erech were deported as colonists to Samaria by king Ashurbanipal (668 626). Their name is mentioned in Ezra 4:9 along with dwellers in Babylon; and the deportation of Archevites most probably indicates that Erech sided with Babylon in the revolt of Samas-sum-ukin against the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] king.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Archevites'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​a/archevites.html. 1909.
 
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