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Nave Topical Bible
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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• Charashim (or Craftsmen), Valley of.
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• גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים , חֲרָשִׁים

1. Town—the name of which means "the valley of craftsmen"—founded by Joab, one of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:14).
2. Town inhabited by Benjamites (Nehemiah 11:35). In this passage Ge-Ḥarashim is mentioned with Lod and Ono, which form, according to Yer. Meg. 1:1, a part of Ge-Ḥarashim or "the valley of craftsmen."