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Ashurites The

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Ash'urites, The. Only in 2 Samuel 2:9. By some of the old interpreters, the name is taken as meaning the Geshurites; but if we follow the Targum of Jonathan, "the Asherites" will denote the inhabitants of the whole of the country west of the Jordan above Jez-reel.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Ashurites The'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​a/ashurites-the.html. 1901.
 
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