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Hararite, the
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (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).
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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.
