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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Ashurites

Ashurites [N]

mentioned among those over whom Ish-bosheth was made king ( 2 Samuel 2:9 ).

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Ashurites". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ashurites

ASHURITES

ash'-ur-its (ha-'ashuri):

According to the Massoretic Text of 2 Samuel 2:9, a tribe included in the short-lived kingdom of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son. A slight textual correction gives "Asherites," that is, the tribe of Asher; with this the Targum of Jonathan agrees. The tribe of Asher lay where it would naturally fall to Ish-bosheth's kingdom. The reading "Geshurites" (Vulgate and Syriac) is excluded by the known independence Of Geshur at this time (2 Samuel 3:3; 13:37). For similar reasons we cannot think of Assyria (Hebrew Asshur) nor of the Arabic Asshurim of Genesis 25:3.

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ASHURITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.